37 thousand employees, budget of 3000 crores... then why can't the United Nations stop the war?

Israel and Iran, who were fighting a war behind the scenes, have now come face to face. On Tuesday night (1 October), Iran declared war by firing 200 ballistic missiles at Israel simultaneously. Israel is also preparing for a counter attack. In this war between these two, questions are being raised about the United Nations.

The United Nations, formed in 1945 to establish peace, has failed to stop a war for the 7th time. Currently, 8 countries are on the battlefield due to the failure of the UN. One of these is Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations.

7th time when UN could not stop the war

The war that has started between Israel and Iran is the 7th time in history when the United Nations has failed to stop a war. The UN was also unable to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. The war between the two countries is still going on.

Due to the failure of the UN, 40 lakh people have been killed in wars across the world so far. Understand these figures in detail…

1. 10 years after the formation of the United Nations, America attacked Vietnam. This war is known as the Vietnam-America War. The UN failed to stop this attack. About 20 lakh people died in this war. Most of those who died were from Vietnam.

2. In late 1980, Iraqi army attacked Iran. Angry Iran declared war. The war between the two countries continued for about 8 years. About 10 lakh people died in this war. UN failed to stop this too.

3. In 1994, civil war broke out in Rwanda. The majority Hutu attacked the people of the minority community Tutsi there. The UN came forward for a peace agreement, but by then the matter had escalated. 8 lakh people were killed in this genocide. In 2021, the President of France apologized for this.

4. The Gulf War broke out in 1991. In this, America was leading on one side and Iraq on the other. This war started over the sovereignty of Kuwait. About 50 thousand people were killed on both sides in this war. Iraq suffered the most losses.

What is the annual budget of the UN?

The total budget of the United Nations in 2024 is $3.59 billion (about Rs 3000 crore). In the year 2021, the total budget of the United Nations was $150 million (Rs 1134 crore). The United Nations receives this amount in the form of donations from member countries. About 55 countries of the world regularly donate to the UN.

America gives the highest donation to the UN. The United Nation spends this money on the implementation of the program and the salaries of the officials. The average salary of the officials working in the UN Security Council is 98 thousand dollars per year. If we look at it in rupees, it is 7 lakh rupees per month.

According to the United Nations, its 37,000 employees are working to establish peace all over the world.

Then why is the UN unable to stop the war?

The biggest reason for not being able to stop the war is the policy of the United Nations. There are 193 countries associated with the United Nations, but only 5 countries (America, Russia, France, Britain and China) dominate. According to the rules of the United Nations, only the permanent members will take major decisions. These permanent members have been given the right to veto. If even one of these countries uses the veto, the matter may come to a standstill.

Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali has criticized this system in his autobiography Unvanquished. According to Ghali, the UN cannot stop any war even if it wants to, because the veto power will not allow it to do so.

According to Ghali, the top countries are not allowing the veto system to end in order to maintain their dominance.