Can the UN serve as a balance against the US dominance? Highlight the importance of UN in a unipolar world under six points.
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In a unipolar world, the UN cannot serve as a balance against US dominance in a very effective manner because the powers of the US cannot be easily checked. With the disappearance of the Soviet Union, the US stands as the only superpower.
1. The UN was founded after the Second World War to replace the League Of Nations which had been so ineffectual in preventing war.
2. When the UN was founded there were 45 members. There are now 193.
3. The most recent country to be admitted to the UN was South Sudan in 2011.
4. UN Peacekeeping forces comprise 116,919 field forces from 123 countries.
5. The UN provides food to 90 million people.
6. The UN Charter comprises 8,778 words. The second draft of the EU Ecolabel preliminary report for Sanitary Products (including toilet paper) has over five times as many (44,065) words.