ITS TIME TO EITHER UP DATE THE UN OR TO REPLACE IT.

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FOUNDED 80 YEARS AGO THIS IS A WORLD ORGANISATION HELD HOSTAGE BY A FEW POWERFUL NATIONS.

AS WE ARE ALL WITNESSING WITH BOTH THE UKRAINE/ RUSSIA WAR AND THE ISRAEL/ PALESTINE MASSACRE.

THE UN AND ITS RESOLUTIONS ARE IRRELEVANT.

In a world beset by problems – climate change, disrupting technologies, biodiversity losses, new wars, geopolitical conflicts, instability of leadership, mounting debt, all that underline the shortcomings of the UN.

In an age of rampant impunity it no longer has any real clout.

Although it still does incredible good it has not keep pace with the shift in technology power.

Non of the vying powers want to be restricted or consternated.

Indeed if we look into the stated objectives of the United Nations and the results in the world, then we can summarize that the many meetings and events of the UN lead to no effective results, and it is quite simply a waste of time.

This is because it is not meant to succeed in bringing about friendlier relations between nations, but it rather serves as a platform for international political manipulations and power struggles under the guise of concern for human rights, food and water problems, and climate change.

Over time it became a snake pit of political interests, which made it deviate from its stated objectives.

Instead of acting meaningfully, positively and effectively, it became a podium for making empty speeches and sanctimonious declarations.

In addition, another reason for its ineffectiveness is non-accountability within the organization: no one is held accountable if its agenda is not realized.

The question then becomes, what could the UN do in order to become effective?

Simply put, it needs to rise above the political interests that have become intertwined into its workings, and operate for the sake of humanity’s common unity and benefit.

If it truly functions in such a way, then it should be given the needed authority to enact its decisions.

I think that the UN, the way it currently operates, should be discarded, and in its place should arise a worldwide educational institute that primarily deals with raising awareness of humanity’s interdependence.

The US owes over one billion to the UN

The U.S. recently left several UN agencies, including the World Health Organization and Human Rights Council, and plans to withdraw from UNESCO by the end of next year.

In mid-July, Congress passed the Trump administration’s rescissions package, pulling back about $1 billion of previously approved UN funding.

And further cuts may be forthcoming: The administration’s budget for fiscal year 2026 proposed ending UN peacekeeping payments and pausing most other UN contributions.

U.S. and China are charged the highest dues for the United Nations’ 2 main budgets

Top 10 assessments for the UN’s regular and peacekeeping
budgets, 2025 (amount in U.S. dollars)

Regular budget
ASSESSMENT
Peacekeeping budget
ASSESSMENT
RATE
AMOUNT
RATE
AMOUNT
U.S.
22.000%
$820,385,984
U.S.
26.158%
$6,539,598
China
20.004
679,786,970
China
23.785
5,946,278
Japan
6.930
235,499,085
Japan
6.930
1,732,500
Germany
5.692
193,428,686
Germany
5.692
1,423,000
UK
3.991
135,624,366
UK
4.745
1,186,343
France
3.858
131,104,685
France
4.587
1,146,808
Italy
2.813
95,592,919
Italy
2.813
703,250
Canada
2.543
86,417,630
Canada
2.543
635,750
South Korea
2.349
79,825,015
Russia
2.490
622,451
Russia
2.094
71,159,464
South Korea 2.349
587,250