A federation is a strong central government, a confederation is the opposite of that, a weak central government over smaller strong local governments.
The UN is a confederacy, because each member nation isn’t forced to do anything the UN asks for. The only punishment a nation could get for not listening to the UN would be something thay other UN nations choose to undertake. The UN can say “Russia, get out of Ukraine” but it’s up to the other countries to do something about it.
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