10/07/2026
Why can’t the UN stop wars? The veto, funding crisis, and reform dilemma
Under the rubble in Gaza, thousands of bodies remain unrecovered. In Sudan, 14 million people have been displaced. In Ukraine, energy infrastructure is being systematically destroyed. Faced with these images, a sharp question keeps returning: what is the United Nations actually doing? The answer lies in the operating rules of that building on the East River in New York. The UN is not a world government. It is closer to a voluntary club of member states. When the most powerful members agree, it can act. When they are opposed, it often becomes paralyzed....
Under the rubble in Gaza, thousands of bodies remain unrecovered. In Sudan, 14 million people have been displaced. In Ukraine, energy infrastructure is being systematically destroyed. Faced with these images, a sharp question keeps returning: what is the United Nations actually doing? The answer lie...