UN Anniversary Marked With Questions, Not Celebrations

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations will mark its 80th anniversary this month but there’s little to celebrate. Its clout on the world stage is diminished. And facing major funding cuts from the United States and others, it has been forced to shed jobs and start tackling long-delayed reforms. But even as the U.N. tries to chart a new path for its future, the question remains: Can the global organization survive and remain relevant in an increasingly divided world where it has lost U.S. support and its most powerful body has been blocked from taking action to end the two major wars in Ukraine and Gaza? When the United Nations was born on the ashes of World War II on June 26, 1945, the overriding goal was preventing World War III.