The Wayward U.N.: A Digest of Heritage Studies


 

Publication Date: July 1983

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Melanie L. Merkle

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: International organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The United Nations, say many Americans, has failed to create a more peaceful world. In a 1983 survey, 48.8 percent of those polled indicated they do not believe that the U.N. is effective in furthering the causes of world peace and political stability among nations; only 42.8 percent believe that the U.N. furthers peace. Not only has the U.N. failed to fulfill the lofty hopes of its founders, it has become itself a major cause of global disharmony.