[KarynB]

We aren't done yet, are we?

One thing I disagree with is that "Blaming the powers that make up the organization just lets the organization off the hook." - well, there is no organization without the powers that make it up, and that is why no one is ever held accountable, because no one really knows who to blame...I have a few suggestions....

Also "The 2.3 bill bill the US owes will vanish overnight if it ever is paid, and the world will be not one bit better for it." - don't agree with this either, as programs and research can't be implemented without money...money that is being horded in a few rich nations of the world. You can't have your cake and eat it to - be a member of the Security Council with a hugely influential veto vote, but not pay dues because the UN is ineffective...

But I do totally agree that the UN as it stands is ineffective and at times corrupt, but I don't think throwing the proverbial baby out with the bath water will solve things either. What about implementing accountability, fairness, equity and moving headquarters out of the US and Geneva and into the South - many things that could be done without scrapping the whole system...

Anyways - where are you living right now? Yes, this is our second adoption from South Africa, and things are slow, slow, slow....government is dragging its heels because it has the legislature, just not the political will to get things moving. Where are you adopting from?