{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:30","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>&mdash; 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\">#2 SHAPSHOT \u2014howtheanswermovs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Hammarskjold&#039;s yardstick (save from hell, not carry to heaven) \u2192 judged so, agree \u2192 limits and achievements share one root R2) UN acts only as far as members permit \u2192 failures = members\u2019, achievements = organisation&#039;s \u2192 hence &quot;unique&quot;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">collective security rests on great-power unanimity \u2014. one veto cancels it \u2192 Cold War paralysis \u2192 failure wherever P5 interest engaged (Rwanda, Srebrenica, Syria) \u2192 Pillay: narrow national interest above human suffering \u2192 no army, no assured funds \u2192 turn: where members did not obstruct \u2192 decolonisation (80 members, 750 mn) \u2192 human-rights law (UDHR 1948 \u2192 Covenants 1966) \u2192 more law in seven decades than all earlier history \u2192 peacekeeping (172 settlements) \u2192 non-political record strongest of all \u2192 proves the block is political, not institutional<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">a body that can be bypassed and starved owns only permitted achievements \u2192 Gowan: dangerous dependence on two paying members (US, China) \u2192 UN80, May 2026: status quo untenable Rk! Hanhimaki: far from flawless, but the forum&#039;s legitimacy has no substitute \u2192 that legitimacy is the unique achievement R2 | agree \u2014 limits owned by members, achievements by the organisation \u2192 reform, not replacement, is the honest verdict<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[78],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1474","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-united-nations","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1474\/revisions\/2683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}