The Good for Something U.N.

UNITED Nations; INTERNATIONAL agencies; INTERNATIONAL organization; INTERNATIONAL relations; HUMANITARIAN assistance; INTERNATIONAL relief; INTERGOVERNMENTAL cooperation; INTERNATIONAL cooperation

Offers a look at the importance of the United Nations (UN). Role of the UN in coordinating the international response to the tsunami disaster in South Asia; Question of whether the UN is only good for coordinating humanitarian relief; Statement that the UN has clout with its member states because it does not belong to any single government; Statement that the UN works as an intergovernmental body for collective interest; Claim that the UN has legitimacy in a way that governments do not.