Business Quote by Mary Robinson

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

— Kofi Annan

The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, does right and just pursues everybody's best interests is a fantasy. Each…

— Mona Charen

I think the UN's role - especially since it's not an extremely rich fund, and that's to put it mildly - is mainly to…

— Amartya Sen

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

— Kofi Annan

We need a relevant and efficient United Nations.

— Goran Persson

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

— Kofi Annan

Universality of the UN is a worthwhile thing in its own self because it means that every country belongs, feels it has a stake,…

— Shashi Tharoor

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

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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

The UN is but a long-range, international banking apparatus clearly set up for financial and economic profit by a small group of powerful One-World…

— Curtis Bean Dall

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