Question

Why has the United Nations been unable to become a world government? What aspects of its organization and form make it impossible/difficult? What aspects of it seem like a world government? What would have to change in its organization or the way the world likes at it to make it a world government? What stops it, if anything, from making those changes?  

Answer 1

Introduction

The United Nations was formed in the year 1945 post the World War 2 with its main aim being to collaborate the interests of the world and present the realization that another such conflict would be devastating for all countries across the globe.

With this interest in mind, the United Nations saw more countries coming under its net and it guided the efforts of most of them to promote peace and harmony across the world.

It closely monitors nuclear programs of countries to ensure that the interests of the global community can be managed effectively.

The member nations are expected to follow the guidelines of the United Nations and this largely helps in maintaining harmony among all.

Case Specifics:-

Question:-Why has the United Nations been unable to become a world government? What aspects of its organization and form make it impossible/difficult?

The Untied Nations though, has been able to become a world leading organization at maintaining peace it is yet to become a world government because of the following reasons or broad factors:-

• Need or Requirement for a World Government
• Acceptance by all
• Capabilities

All of these are as explained:-

It is a known fact, that the United Nations sees larger contributions from developed countries which are able to influence the decision making of the organization. This reduces both, the need and the acceptance by most countries that work within the frame work of the organization, On the other hand, a large composition of countries have never enrolled themselves or have the desire to enroll in United Nations. Due to this, the capability of the United Nations to ever be able to be called a world government are questionable. Because it does not see active participation by many countries on one hand and the other even when it does it has been found that the decision making process has been biased in its approach at times.

What aspects of it seem like a world government? What would have to change in its organization or the way the world likes at it to make it a world government? What stops it, if anything, from making those changes?  

In this case, the fact that the United Nations has been able to function so seamlessly at ensuring that delivery of its policies are equally applied in real life by sanctions or other tactics has meant it can indeed serve as a world government if more countries began adopting the same.

Further, the organization would have to change the Veto being granted to high contributing nations so as to enable itslef to become a world government. Also it would have to change its composition to allow for more countries to come into its ambit and each having equal voting rights. The same fact that it is not representative of a large population is what restricts it from becoming a world government.

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