The United Nations was officially established when the UN Charter came into force on October 24, 1945. The chief purpose of the United Nations is to bring all nations of the world together to work in cooperation for international peace and security. In fact, the UN has been quite successful in resolving disputes between nations, reducing tensions, preventing conflicts and putting an end to fighting. However, the UN peacekeepers face many problems such as, non-agreeing members of the Security Council, high maintenance cost, and unwillingness of UN members to intervene in problems of other nations. Obviously, the main factor for these problems is self-interest. Although the realities of national self-interest exist, the UN is aware of this dilemma and is structuring itself in such a way that it is able to accommodate the problems that arises from it.…
