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Nicholas Kristof rightly praises the UN’s aid efforts, but ignores its ultimate failure (“The UN is terrible – but right now, we need it desperately,” September 28). Formed after World War II to prevent global conflict, the UN’s core mission was crippled from the start by giving veto power to five nations. Today, it remains toothless against modern warfare. Nothing illustrates this futility better than Donald Trump using the UN forum to effectively declare war on Iran. We still need unified humanitarian systems but as a peacekeeper, the…

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