About this episode
The episode discusses the effectiveness of the UN in maintaining peace amidst global conflicts.
Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva this week, we ask: in a world of violent conflict, is the UN – which was founded to keep the peace – doing its job? “On many fronts the UN is doing indispensable work every day, bringing food to hungry people and ensuring practical standards for how we cooperate on the planet. Most countries follow the UN’s rules and principles on an everyday basis, so not too bad. [Former UN Secretary-General] Dag Hammarskjöld said that the UN was not made to take us to heav...
Topics covered
- United Nations
- peacekeeping
- global cooperation
- conflict resolution
- humanitarian aid
Keywords
- UN
- peace
- conflict
- humanitarian
- Dag Hammarskjöld
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UN
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