January 14, 2007

The UN and th charter

The UN is commonly confused as an international government, but that idea is far from its true standing. The UN is not a world government but rather an international organization with limited power and each nation has state sovereignty. National or state sovereignty means that the states government has total control without the intervention of other states or the international organizations,(dictionary). While adopting the UN charter, two major values were integrated, respect for state sovereignty and respect for human rights. While Human rights and national sovereignty co-exist, they create a dilemma, (Popovski). Although nations try to implement the human rights laws and abide by the UN charter (which allows the UN to intervene), most nations do not like giving up their national sovereignty.

No comments: