The Decline and Fall of the United Nations: Why the U.N. Has Failed and How it Needs to be Reformed

Friday, June 1, 2007

Despite a series of well-publicized scandals and significant international failures, U.S. taxpayers  and policymakers are still willing to give the U.N. one more chance. If, however, the United Nations fails to rise to the challenge, it will become an irrelevance, with gradual U.S. disengagement a strong possibility. The future of the U.N. is largely in the hands of the Secretariat and the General Assembly, especially the G-77.