What is the UN and why do we need it?

Question

I don’t understand what is point of the UN, what role they have in the world?
Let’s say the security council decides something on some country, how they enforce it? Who can enforce it? And who really cares?

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Answer 1

The UN is an organization set up by the victors of WW2 to try and ensure and end to such devastating wars. Unfortunately the organization itself is essentially powerless and relies on the goodwill of powerful countries to actually accomplish anything. Of course those powerful countries also turn out to often be the aggressors in many conflicts so in practice the UN is essentially impotent and has basically devolved into political theater and not a meaningful force for peace.