I would call the U . N . a joke , except that a joke would be funny , and the U . N . is just . sad . Sad and pathetic . In today ' s world , the organization is rapidly losing its relevance . And it never had much to begin with . Oh sure , I think that the general idea of the U . N . is fine , and they do what they can within the bounds of what they are allowed to do , but from the very beginning , the U . N . has been crippled by the fact that any of the permanent Security Council members have veto power . And let ' s not forget that two of those nations are China and Russia . The very concept of the Big 5 is super outdated , as it was adopted back in 1945 , after the end of WWII . Even without the obstacle of veto power , what makes the U . N . so highly ineffectual is that it has zero power to enforce any of its resolutions .