That's a worthy thing for you to bring up, BB.

What is the U.N. in actuality? Is it what it puports to be, an organization that exists so that all the world's countries can meet amicably together and share their voices and ideas in an equal fashion, and thereby participate democratically in creating a freer and more peaceful and harmonious world? Are its first concerns to establish international justice, enforce international law, and bring about peace and prosperity for all?

(Now pause for a rich outpouring of laughter, coughing, and exclamations of hilarity and/or disgust.....!)

No. It pretends be all those things listed above. It does at times feebly attempt to be some of those things listed above. It may have been founded with some vague notion of being or doing some of those things listed above, but in truth it is this:

It is an instrument of a small group of the world's great powers, namely those on the Security Council, and it has always acted as their instrument. First and foremost it is the instrument of the United States of America and NATO, and it was created from the first with that very purpose in mind. It was located in the midst of American soil in New York City with that purpose in mind.

Now, various formalities and various forms of song and dance are engaged in for the purpose of creating the impression that the U.N. is there to fairly represent all nations in an equal manner, but anyone who believes that probably still believes in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny too!

Oh, the smaller nations and those outside NATO can certainly sit in the General Assembly and they can talk...and they can express their collective opinion but they can't do anything about it.

Only the few on the Security Council can do anything...and they have done so a number of times now...they have initited war on behalf of...of who? Why, of the USA and its principle NATO allies, that's who.

The U.N. is a tool of grand American and NATO policy. It was set up for that purpose and it functions to that end.

The only impediment that can occur is when several of America's NATO allies get cold feet and decide NOT to join the USA in some action. Then the Security Council will not vote as the USA would like it to. That happened in regards to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A majority of the Security Council did not agree to give U.N. approval to the USA and the UK's attack on Iraq. They had gone a little too far that time, and their friends in the Great Power Elite that runs the Security Council could not stomach it...so they voted against it.

Ironically enough, of all the nations in the world the USA is the one most often in default of paying its U.N. dues!!! This perhaps demonstrates the innate contempt that the U.S.A. has for an institution that is, after all, a fraud...little more than a passive tool for the extension of American military/economic power around the globe.

The U.N. is a farce. (Same as the Democratic and Republican parties are a farce.) It is a false face that was never intended to be anything but a false face to mislead credulous people. It's like one of those western movie sets, it looks great from the front, but there's nothing real behind the facade (except American/British money and guns).

The deck of cards at the U.N. was always stacked decisively in favour of the Western Alliance (NATO) through the Security Council. NATO is the long arm of the USA with its principle Allies. It's simply the continuance of the WWII Western Alliance (USA/UK/France) which first fought the Axis, then geared up to fight the Soviets and Red China. The Communists were always the odd man out at the U.N. and they never had a hope of winning a Security Council vote against the Western Alliance, and they knew it, but they figured it was better to be there and get their chance to shoot their mouths off to the world in general than it would be not to be there at all...

I'm sure they were never under any illusions that the U.N. was there to fairly represent the interests of all nations in an impartial fashion!!! Ha! Now there's a laugh and a half.

It's an instrument of empire, BB. Such organizations have always been instruments of empire. They are created BY the most powerful, OF the most powerful, and FOR the most powerful of their day...and they serve out that purpose as faithfully as any attack dog serves the handler who holds its leash.

Why do they not do something about those desperate situations in Africa you referred to? Because they don't give a damn about that! They have much bigger priorities elsewhere at the moment. It's not about helping humanity, BB. It's not about protecting human lives and rights. It's about enlarging, enriching, and maintaining a huge commercial-military empire.