{"id":1474,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-agree-with-the-view-that-despite-the-limitations-in-the-upsc-psir-2017-3502\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:53","slug":"do-you-agree-with-the-view-that-despite-the-limitations-in-the-upsc-psir-2017-3502","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-agree-with-the-view-that-despite-the-limitations-in-the-upsc-psir-2017-3502\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you agree with the view that despite the limitations in the functioning of the UN, it has distinguished and unique achievements to its credit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b>Hammarskj\u00f6ld<\/b>\u2019s yardstick (save from hell, not carry to heaven) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> judged so, agree <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> limits and achievements share one root<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> UN acts only as far as members permit <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> failures = members\u2019, achievements = organisation\u2019s <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> hence \u201cunique\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>collective security rests on great-power unanimity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> one veto cancels it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Cold War paralysis <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> failure wherever P5 interest engaged (Rwanda, Srebrenica, Syria) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Pillay<\/b>: narrow national interest above human suffering <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no army, no assured funds <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>turn<\/b>: where members did not obstruct <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> decolonisation (80 members, 750 mn) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> human-rights law (UDHR 1948 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Covenants 1966) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> more law in seven decades than all earlier history <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> peacekeeping (172 settlements) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> non-political record strongest of all <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>proves the block is political, not institutional<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>a body that can be bypassed and starved owns only permitted achievements <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gowan<\/b>: dangerous dependence on two paying members (US, China) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> UN80, May 2026: status quo untenable<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b>Hanhim\u00e4ki<\/b>: far from flawless, but the forum\u2019s legitimacy has no substitute <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> that legitimacy <i>is<\/i> the unique achievement<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> agree \u2014 limits owned by members, achievements by the organisation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reform, not replacement, is the honest 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