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To: kumar who wrote (46)	5/13/2007 8:11:13 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

Relevant to WHAT? It provides an excuse to pay nice salaries to the ambassadors to it. Other than that, WHY is it relevant? WHY? It had a lot to do with stopping genocide in the former Yugoslavia, right? And it's done MOUNTAINS to stop it in Darfur, true? Oh. It provides a great podium for dictators with countless gallons of blood on their hands to throw stones at democracies, which, while sometimes failing, DO make an honest attempt to provide rights for their citizens. Your ancestral home, India, is the world's largest democracy. In spite of its economic problems, if I had to, I'd much rather live there than Saudi Arabia or NK. And it seems to be doing a good job of solving its economic problems and raising its citizen's standards of living.

To: kumar who wrote (46)	5/13/2007 8:32:32 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 4152

I would agree it has some relevance - partly because we and other nations treat it as relevant. I don't see how it can be viewed on balance as a force for good (good as defined as promoting human rights, good governance, international security) though. There may be some humanitarian programs the UN promotes but there are also times when the UN has stood by and watched genocide take place (in Rwanda and Bosnia - UN "peacekeepers" literally stood helpless in the presence of acts of genocide). Looks to me like its failings far surpass any benefits.