You got it exactly right. The UN's worthlessness is shown in its handling of the whole Kosovo scenario. They were given charge of rebuilding the country. They failed miserably, and the nation today is nothing more than a basket case. The same can be said for Slobodan Milosevic's so-called "trial."
We hear a lot about how bad Iraq is, but the coalition forces are doing an immensely better job than the UN did in Kosovo.
I used to say that the UN was at least effective in humintarian aid. I said that until the rise of the internet and could read stories about how horribly botched most UN relief efforts are. It is a massive, self-aggrandising organisation that constantly hungers for cash. The difference between prostitues and the UN is that prostitues are honest about what they do.