Homework Block D (April 27)
\Q The end of the Cold War changed the purpose of the U.N.’s original mission to prevent another world war. Do you agree or disagree with the statement and why?
A I disagree with this statement because there will always be a threat of another world war. There have grown to be many purposes of the U.N. The U.N. is an organization that needs to work with current issues. The cold war is over and the UN’s mission still stands! The U.N. has found many other topics to work on since it started, such as: human rights, economic development, de-colonization, health, food production, education, refugees, trade, and most importantly peacekeeping. By assisting and helping people and nations in these matters it will assist in preventing another world war. Though they failed on preventing many wars after the cold war, the U.N. should carry on. Some achievements of the U.N. are:
• The United Nations has played a role in bringing independence to countries that are now member of the U.N.
• UN agencies have worked to make safe drinking water available to 1.3 billion people in rural areas during the last decade, and much more.
These achievements show that the U.N. should still be a meeting place for nations to discuss and solve issues between them and speak about human needs. The United Nations should continue to work and make progress for humans step even though the cold war was over. Let’s hope that that there will be progress and that people of the earth will live in peace and harmony because of the U.N.’s achievements.
