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One of the major problems the United Nations face is global poverty. Again and again, the United Nations have injected money and grain with programs. However, it seems obvious that starvation continues until this day with a very low percentage of decrease. I believe that this, injecting money and rice, is the best way to solve the problem when it comes to handling the situation short term. But as time passes, it is impossible for the United Nations to get more funding from the United States and continue this method. What the United Nations constantly fails to do really observe the problem and find to root cause. Africa does not have poverty because the land is bad, nor because they do not have furtile land. It mainly is because of social corruption in not only the citizens but the government itself as well. As the cartoon depicts, once poverty is fixed, piracy disappears, and when social corruption is fixed, poverty disappears.
 * //__They are NOT seeing the Root Cause__//**

As the above states, because they do not understand the root cause of the problem, they do not have an effective way to solve the problem. As the above cartoon asks, "How would fighting piracy help poverty, and wouldn't there be piracy as long as there is poverty?" Pirates raid because they do not have food and money to support their family. Through piracy, they earn as a group up to multimillions and is becoming more as a business. Piracy continues to grow affecting trade. A international organization has to solve this problem, the United Nations; however, they pressure individual states to take the pirates down. This is one way to tackle down the problem, but it is not possible to keep this up forever, especially when piracy is becoming more and more popular. Logically, it seems more reasonable for the United Nations to pay at least the same attention to fight poverty first. Then in time piracy would decrease as well.
 * //__Structural Problem of Solving the Problem__//**

The Charter states that it would value national soverignity equally in all states. Remember?
 * //__Remember the Chapter 1, Article 2 of the UN Charter states?__//**

__//Chapter 1, Article 2 of the UN Charter states The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles://__ 1.The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.

However, we see that this is not always the case. For example, when Iraq was suspected of developing an Nuclear Bomb, the United Nations strongly advised and pressured America to stop them from invading. In the end, America still did declare war. But when it comes down to North Korea, we have a different story. More then the United States, the United Nations have taken further measures. They have held continues discussions and continues to pressures North Korea. I reasoned that the United Nations would have supported the United States if they invaded North Korea when North Korea too, like Iraq, were suspected of developing a Nuclear Bomb. However, their actions are now limited because North Korea has succeeded in developing a Nuclear Bomb. We see a clear violation of Chapter 1, Article 2 of the UN Charter states__//. First, the United Nations could not stop United States from infringing the sovereignty of Iraq (in the end, people believe that United States held the development of the bomb as an excuse to get oil). Second, they are willing to sacrifice their principle of sovereignty to take measures to North Korea. Third, they have not kept the principle of sovereign equality of its members, as their actions vary greatly from Iraq and North Korea. //__

media type="youtube" key="cLX2S3l8C_M" height="344" width="425" Ban Ki Moon states that, "A threat to one country is a threat to all" It is true, but why treat Iraq and North Korea so different? Why did they allow the United States to hold the development of the Nuclear Bomb in Iraq as an excuse to get oil? On the other hand, take extensive measures to stop North Korea from further developing a Nuclear Bomb? Back to Home (Click)