Bingo! There is not one reason this phony body should exist other than milking the US dry. Not one!
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Perhaps, when it was founded, countries abilities to communicate with the rest of the world wasn’t anything close to what it is today. I’m sure that when they laid the first brick, no one knew there would be Skype, the ability to fly anywhere in the world whenever you want, email, Facebook, being able to talk to someone in space.
The UN, much like the US Dept of State, are relics of the past that should be put to bed.