Why it seems ok for the UN to do nothing in Africa, South America, and Asia, but we are supposed to depend on the UN for issues that affect the survival of the US- Iraq ( where the UN said that Saddam was NOT in compliance with UN resolutions), Iran ( Where the UN has statetd that the nuclear programs are in violation of the NPT) North Korea ( who has still not terminated the WMD programs)...

It seems like it is ok for the UN to do nothing, and even block efforts ( by organized groups of nations ) to help- witness Darfur, Burma, Bosnia, Cambodia...

Either the UN has the resposibility to act to protect human lives and rights, or the individual nations have that responsibility.