Why The United Nations is failing.

The very name of the organization signifies the problem.  The United Nations is trying to promote peaceful coexistence among countries, while what we should be trying to do is unite people. The status quo they try so hard to maintain is not working. They are spending large amounts of money and energy propping up artificial boundaries of the inanimate organizations called countries or states. It does not matter if the leaders of those countries are corrupt and abusing their own people. They believe in the right of the State over the rights of individual people.

Although the United Nations spends a large percentage of their budget on peacekeeping, they have failed to stop several incidents of genocide and other atrocities throughout the world. The few times the UN has acted, it tended to act more out of interest in protecting assets and resources that were important to the countries in power, than in saving the most lives possible. Throughout the history of the United Nations, millions of people have been murdered as the world sat by and watched. One only needs to look at the statistics of what happened in Cambodia in the 1970’s, Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990’s, and Darfur in the first decade of this century. If a vote was taken by the people of the world, I am certain they would have overwhelmingly supported doing whatever it took to stop those atrocities. But the United Nations was completely ineffective when it came to saving millions of human lives.

The United Nations is not even a true democratic organization. It represents the interests of the governments of the nations who form it, and not necessarily the individuals within those nations. Even with that understanding, it is not a true democracy among the member states. The five permanent members of the Security Council can veto any important matter.  That means less that one percent of the membership can stop them from doing what is right.

The way the five permanent members gained their status was not even democratic. They simply happened to be the victors at the end of World War II. China’s seat is actually held by a different faction now as opposed to when the UN started, and Russia got to take over the seat formerly held by the Soviet Union. Other than that, there have been no changes as to who holds that awesome veto power. I am not sure why the original powers have been able to hold onto their positions for so long, but I can assure you it has nothing to do with democracy. The five permanent members of the Security Council certainly were not elected by a majority of the people in the world, and if there was an election held today it is unlikely any of them would maintain their positions.

Even the General Assembly is in no way a democracy of the world. If anything it is a Democracy of Nations. But nations are simply inanimate political structures with artificial geographical borders. Some Nations are more democratic than others, but even in the most democratic nations their citizens have very little knowledge of, or say in, what goes on at the U.N.  How can anyone call the United Nations a world democracy when the UN’s one state, one vote power structure theoretically allows states comprising just eight percent of the world population to pass a resolution by a two-thirds vote?

Political leaders are intent on protecting their artificial geographical borders, and making decisions based on what is best for their own inanimate political structure and economy. People are tired of that kind of thinking. If we want the human race to survive we must all come together. By having one country we can cut out a lot of the bureaucracy and cross border rivalries that hurt our efficiency. By uniting and working together we can save lives.

Memorial Day is a Day of remembrance.

This is a time when most Americans remember their loved ones, especially military members that have passed on. While it is good to honor those that have gone before us, it is also important to take care of those that are still here and look for ways to make the world a better place for those who are yet to come. It would nice to leave them a world where militaries are not necessary, A world where mankind has united to solve all the other problems facing us such as, hunger, poverty and disease A world we where are not longer worrying about artificial borders and drawing lines in the sand. Let’s all think of ways we can help our fellow man to leave a better world as our legacy.

It is good to have a dream. It is better to have a plan.

It seems like everyone is going crazy dreaming about winning the record lottery jackpot. It is fun to buy a ticket and dream the impossible dream, but we need to remember the lottery is a dream it is not a plan. Planning is better than dreaming. Planning to make the world better for everyone is what we should work towards. Most people believe if we unite the earth it would be great for man kind, the dream. Unfortunately many do not believe it is possible but they are wrong. It we start planning and working together we can make this happen. If enough of us start believing in the impossible we can turn dreams into reality.

We need to come together to stop tyrants

People like Kony and Assad will always exist, and we will not be able to stop them unless we come together in an effort to do so. Most people in the world are good, they are just to fragmented, which allows evil to fill the cracks. "Peace through Unity, unity through peace” ChengX.  We need to work together to find a way to solve the worlds problems. There are numerous inequities in the world with millions of people dying every year of curable diseases and hunger and violence. It is not that people don’t care; it is that they are ill informed and believe nothing can be done about it. Unfortunately the current system does not reward people for alleviating suffering and we need to develop a system that will reward the alleviation of suffering around the world

Turning dreams into reality.

Most people believe if we unite the earth it would be great for man kind. They just do not believe it is possible. If enough of us start believing in the impossible we can make it happen.

“What we long for is in the best interest of all of man kind.  A united earth makes sense and is the only way we can continue to survive and thrive as a planet. We all know this makes sense and we will spread the word.  We will let others know of our commitment and ensure that if they join us our goal of uniting the earth will be accomplished.” ChengX

The world's Destiny.

“We all know that the destiny of mankind is to live together in harmony. To alleviate suffering and make the world a better place we must rid ourselves of arbitrary geographical borders and boundaries. We need to leave regional squabbles behind and solve our problems as a united earth.”

Why should we Unite the World?

Think how much easier it would be solving the world’s environmental, health, and hunger problems if the world was one nation. How much more efficient every business and humanitarian organization would be if there was only one set of government regulations to follow. With all the money we waste on military spending and multiple countries governmental bureaucracies, we would free up enumerable resources that could be dedicated to curing disease and ridding the world of hunger. It is so simple it may work.