The United Nations- Numerous scholars and civil society agents have raised concerns about the current structure of the united nations security council. How can the United Nations be reformed to deal more effectively with humanitarian crisis?

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How can the United Nations be reformed to be more effective

The United Nations is composed of 192 member states . Such a large body with a wide-array of complex issues needs to be constantly reformed in to meet the needs of the international community , which changes more often than not . But the process and act of reformation can be daunting because nations cannot reach a consensus about its nature and what it entails . Also , a large institution such as the UN can suffer from inertia

due to its bureaucratic nature , political divisions among its agencies and member states , funds for peace keeping missions and the go signal for it , and scandals within the organization . In addition , the UN Security Council is not representative of the many nations that make it up . However , including nations in the Security Council should be based upon a set of criteria . Besides , adding nations will not make the Security Council more productive because the issue of its ineffectiveness is not properly addressed . While the veto power of five permanent nations actually contributes in the organization 's inadequacy This should be altered because veto power gives these few , select nations tremendous power over the whole institution , which they use to further their political and economic interests as well as to enhance their power in the international community

Why is it Difficult for the UN to Enact Reforms

Defining Reforms

Reform should not be seen as a negative consequence of a particular action , instead reform should be viewed as a sign of institutional health and dynamism [with the] purposeful act of modifying the structure , composition , decision-making procedures , working methods funding , or staffing of an institution in to enhance its efficiency and /or effectiveness in advancing its core goals and principles ' Also , UN is in a position wherein they have to adapt as the [a]s the world changes [and in effect] the priorities of its Member States However , the myriad of nations that consist the UN becomes a problem because these nations cannot decide on a single definition of reform that would be acceptable to all or most of the Member States ' Also , modification or proposals put forth by a country for any revision in the system may look like reform to one national delegation [but] may appear regressive to others

Bureaucratic Nature of UN

Another problem that the UN faces is its bureaucratic nature . This can easily overwhelm reform efforts ' because necessary changes cannot be enacted quickly . And for nations who are experiencing a crisis , fast decision and action is badly needed to keep a country intact . But the UN cannot make constant effectual action because there are tons of UN work [to go through that it starts to look like] the world 's largest traffic jam ' Therefore , bureaucracy results in judgments not being made in a timely manner because of the process one has to get past to arrive at a particular decision

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