yeah, but Carl, the real problem with the UN is the veto vote. As soon as one of the permanent council nations doesn't like something, they veto it. No matter what the democratic process voting resulted in. Let's consider Israel's illegal invasion and occupation of Palestinian territory for starters - the US has veto'd that so many times...image if the democratic process actually worked and the UN as a whole did things...it'd be very productive, and would do what the damn organisation was meant to do in the first place. The UN is nothing but a front for what the US government wants. Nothing more and nothing less.
Redistribution of wealth - I'm sorry, but I find it appalling that 99.999% of our global wealth is owned by 0.01% of the population. That's just really appalling. The poor countries end up being power bases for despots like Mugabe - and what did the rest of the world do (other than South Africa)? SFA. I bet if there was oil there...
What about the horrors of Somalia? Ethiopa? I suggest that people check out Tom Stoddart's photography...harrowing to say the least.
http://www.tomstoddart.com/iwitness.html
what have these poor people done to deserve this? Individuals, businesses and governments need to join together as one to stop these atrocities from happening.
Dave