A review of the reform of the United Nations

Abstract

Despite the fact that the United Nations has been exponentially losing credibility, it would be unfair not to acknowledge that organization has fairly contributed to tackle development related issues through some of its specialized agencies. However, colossal failures have been vividly exposed, and consequently contributed to the growing perception that the organization has become inefficient and overbearingly undemocratic. Now, the question is why. Countless academics and diplomats have made several efforts to figure it out, but sadly academia hasn’t been able to be persuasive enough, and the international community has failed to take action. For these reasons, this paper will analyze the main challenges the United Nations is currently facing, as well the ongoing efforts for a reform to make it more efficient given the contemporary changing worldwide conflicts and the new challenges it faces.