Reflections on the United Nations @ 75

Why else would the five self-selected countries force others to grant them superior status in the Security Council, with no realistic scope for change in the compositional core of the organ that has been the driving force behind taking enforceable decisions for ensuring post-War peace and security? [...]whether in the case of extending the operational procedures intended initially for governing the Trusteeship system to the non-self-governing territories to effectively delegitimise colonial policy, or the advocacy of the equitable development agenda of the poor and disadvantaged countries in terms of aid, trade, or debt relief, the UN came up with autonomous policy prescriptions which may not have yielded the desired results instantaneously. [...]while the work load and resource requirement of the UN increased many times over, many accusations were also made about its politicisation, unproductive resolutions, bureaucratic inefficiency, and the lack of economical use of finances. [...]the space for manoeuvring a distinctive role diminished after the end of the Cold War for a little more than a decade due to the impact of the unrivalled exercise of power by the USA in the UN by virtue of its much feared status as the sole surviving superpower.