Why The UN Can't Get Anything Done By: Abhijay Bhosale The UN rose out of the ashes of the League of Nations, an organization meant to do what the UN does today. After World War I, nations, many still dealing with the atrocities of the Great War, came together and joined this association. At their height, the League of Nations had 58 member countries with 8 of them being a part of a council. The League of Nations failed because of a lack of structure. Its founding principles were based on a world where everyone would agree to resolve a conflict. It assumed that the world was a utopia where every country’s first thought would be to it out rather than fight. In their defense, WW1 was still fresh in their mind. Anyway, of course, the LofN had measures to ensure these countries wouldn’t fight. They made bold proclamations and said many things. They said how they would sanction the member nations who broke their rules, how they would isolate them, and how their membership would be rev...
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