Weekly Blog #4

This week in class we started talking about the United Nations. We talked about what the United Nations is, what people think and it and the history about it. The main point that I got from the United Nations is that it is an international organization that helps those countries that are in need of assistance. This includes, help with military forces, human rights, help with aid; for example, food, clothing, shelters, etc. and to make world peace happen. The United Nations was founded in 1945 after World War II to stop the fighting between countries. Although many people have opposing sides on the question that if the United Nations in a good organization or not, they have been here for years and have helped many other countries that are now allies with the United States. By having these allies with other countries, the Unites States has a better chance of overcoming any confrontations with other powerful countries (or states) because those allied countries will help The United States when in need. In The Washington Post, I found an article that gives examples about the different tactics that the country representatives bring to the meetings of the United Nations to “prove their points”. It is called “Political theater: A brief history of props used by speakers at the United Nations”. What I got from the article was that throughout the years, countries have tried to sabotage other countries with lies about “secret threats” as it was said about Iraq; and so forth and this all happens in the meetings of the United Nations. So it got me thinking as to why are they talking about countries that have this or have that when the goal of the United Nations it to have world peace? I do not think it is necessary for countries to do this.