The UN as Global Police Force and Negotiation Facilitator (Essay Sample)

The UN as Global Police Force and Negotiation Facilitator
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The UN as Global Police Force and Negotiation Facilitator
Introduction
The United Nations refers to a transnational agency that plays the role of promoting global peace and security, attaining international cooperation and developing friendly relations among countries. The United Nations is an agency involved in peacekeeping and facilitating the actions of countries. The global agency also helps countries in handling different social and economic problems by promoting respect for human rights and advancing internal law. This paper will evaluate the role of the United Nations as a global negotiation facilitator and police force between potentially hostile or hostile nations.[Conforti B, Focarelli C. The law and practice of the United Nations. BRILL; 2016 Aug 4.]
The scope of UN authority to act as an enforcement institution and negotiation facilitator
The United Nations is the biggest and the most powerful international organization in the globe. The multinational agency was developed on Oct 24, 1945, after the Second World War to maintain peace and prevent future international conflicts. The organization had 51 member states during its foundation, but presently they increased to 193 after changing from the League of Nations which was ineffective.[Bailey MA, Strezhnev A, Voeten E. Estimating dynamic state preferences from United Nations voting data. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2017 Feb;61(2):430-56.]
The United Nations scope of authority which provides the agency with the power to act as a negotiation facilitator and an enforcement institution is outlined in article one of the United Nations charter. The objective of the United Nations, according to article 1 of the charter is to promote global peace and security. The organization in achieving this purpose has the power of taking adequate measures to prevent and eradicate threats to peace maintenance through several actions such as suppressing acts of aggression. The United Nations can also contain other peace breaches and solve conflicts through peaceful means in line with international law and principles of justice. The agency, therefore, settles conflicts between nations that seem to result in the breaching of peace.[Thakur R. The United Nations, peace and security: from collective security to the responsibility to protect. Cambridge University Press; 2016 Dec 13.]