ブックタイトル佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

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佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

第12回佳作could enable it to better maintain international peace and security, but defining theorganizations' limits in such a role. If nations are to entrust an international body withthe strategic command of its forces, then the UN must have an attainable objectiveand the means to pursue it before it undertakes any action. If great nations with largearsenals and financial resources do not believe or are not willing to change the courseof events in a nation without suffering an unacceptable cost, it just may be that theUN with its smaller financial and military resources will fail as well. Just as there willalways be an endless need for free medical assistance, there will always be an endlessneed for UN assistance. The UN cannot hope to save everyone. If it does not becomediscriminating in the operations it chooses to get involved in, then it could do morethan just erode its credibility. It could be wasting its precious resources, that mightif employed in preventive diplomacy and development efforts have the potential tocreate critical breakthroughs.Lessons in humility and wisdom: Recognizing Limits is a StrengthThere has been much talk about some of the failures of the U.N. In an article“Whythe U.N. Fails”Saadia Touval argues that the failure of the U.N. stems in the completeinability of an inter-governmental organization to act as mediator? in short the UNis a lousy crisis manager. However, the argument that the U.N. cannot act as crisismanager because its limitations are ingrained is both a dangerous and fallacious one.Rather the UN’s short comings stem from its difficulty in doing what any good crisismanager, mediator or therapist should: recognize its limits.The international community might wish to stop dumping on the UN for tasks thatit cannot perform, but that task is not the structural inability of an inter-governmentalorganization to be a successful crisis manager. While it is certainly true that intergovernmentalorganizations might be less flexible than individual states to act, this377