Failures of Un

o Failure to prevent the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the killings of nearly a million people, due to the refusal of security council members to approve any military action.

o Failure by MONUC (UNSC Resolution 1291) to effectively intervene during the Second Congo War, which claimed nearly five million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 1998-2002 (with fighting reportedly continuing), and in carrying out and distributing humanitarian aid.

o Failure to intervene in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, despite the fact that the UN designated Srebrenica a "safe haven" for refugees and assigned 600 Dutch peacekeepers to protect it.

o Failure to successfully deliver food to starving people in Somalia; the food was instead usually seized by local warlords. A U.S. /UN attempt to apprehend the warlords seizing these shipments resulted in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu.

o Failure to implement the provisions of UN Security Council Resolutions 1559 and 1701 calling for disarmament of Lebanese paramilitary groups such as Fatah and Hezbollah.

o Sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers. Peacekeepers from several nations have been repatriated from UN peacekeeping operations for sexually abusing and exploiting girls as young as 8 in a number of different peacekeeping missions. This abuse is ongoing despite many revelations and probes by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services. A 2005 internal UN investigation found that sexual exploitation and abuse has been reported in at least five countries where UN peacekeepers have been deployed, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Burundi, CÐ"Ò'te d'Ivoire, and Liberia. The BBC carried a similar report, and also cited a member of the World Food Programme as an offender.

The United Nation's failures outweigh their successes and because of this they have been criticized by countries outside the United States of America. An increase in mistakes has occurred recentlyÐ'...