Well said, there has been so many failures over the past 20 years. The way in which the organisation is being Abused by the so called permanent
Members of the security council runs totally against what the U.N was originally set up to do. Why should this country put the lives of its service men and women at risk again and again when time and time again the U.N has failed when it matters

Ireland should take a stand and quit the UN – its a total waste of time effort and huge amount money – The security council should hang their heads in shame with the utterly corrupt and self serving veto system by permanent members and its not just Russia and China this time with over 18,000 dead in Syria, but remember the US veto anything in respect of Israel and as for the actions of the so called peace keeping force in Bosnia when the Dutch let over 8,000 men and boys be murdered – and don’t get me started on Africa, well they are still hungry after all the years of so called UN help – the budget for the UN is an eye watering $13.9 Billion – it’s a self serving insiders club with no moral compass . Time to stop the madness – how much do Ireland spend on this every year ?

Well done Kieran. Saying what you said takes a lot. I’m surprised you have not got countless thumbs down. People are well and truly blinded re the UN and it’s like some sacred cow that cannot be mentioned in any negative way. I agree, the UN has totally failed. The latest two fingers that I’m aware of is France admitting to arming the Libyan rebels despite this being in breach of the UN.

Assad should invite Russian and Iranian peace keeping troops into Syria. Of course the UN should be disbanded and re formed as a fully democratic organisation. However, I would say there would be fierce opposition to this by Western powers.