The Collapsing UN

Many thoughtful people are dubious of the value to the United States of membership in the United Nations; some believe the United States should withdraw from it; others think continued American participation might be justified, were the Soviet Union not a member of the organization. Proposals have been made, not only in the United States but also in allied countries, to form another kind of United Nations, perhaps a purely Western institution, something like NATO.

Officially, support for the UN, action through the UN, acquiescence to UN intervention, even in domestic political problems, seem now to be integral to the foreign policy of this country. “More than ever,” President Johnson said, addressing the last General Assembly, “we support the United Nations as the best instrument yet devised to promote the peace of the world.”

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Many thoughtful people are dubious of the value to the United States of membership in the United Nations; some believe the United States should withdraw from it; others think continued American participation might be justified, were the Soviet Union not a member of the organization. Proposals have been made, not only in the United States but also in allied countries, to form another kind of United Nations, perhaps a purely Western institution, something like NATO.

Officially, support for the UN, action through the UN, acquiescence to UN intervention, even in domestic political problems, seem now to be integral to the foreign policy of this country. “More than ever,” President Johnson said, addressing the last General Assembly, “we support the United Nations as the best instrument yet devised to promote the peace of the world.”