Criticism Quote by Jeffrey Sachs

In fact UN is more of a galaxy of organisations and agencies than one machine.

— Kofi Annan

The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The United Nations is actually a mid-20th century institution and much weaker than it was when it was originally created, because governments themselves are…

— Mary Robinson

The United Nations has an irreplaceable role in dealing with global issues. While other international bodies play important roles, the U.N. is the only…

— Miroslav Lajcak

My own experience from a decade ago taught me I cannot trust the UN. But it is a world body and we have to…

— Paul Kagame

The UN to some extent diffuses U.S. power. Therefore it's less direct an agency of the United States than the U.S. Army is. But…

— Noam Chomsky

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Like any large organisation, public or private, the UN is a complex machine.

— Kofi Annan

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.

— Kofi Annan

I think institutions that are bureaucratic often try to squeeze from the top down, and they don't have good results on the ground level.

— Bill Pullman

It is now widely and rightly accepted that we live in a world which is more interdependent than ever before, and that problems are…

— Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan