My personal view is that it exists to uphold human rights, however, there are loads of conspiracy theories and you can check out a history of the UN and theories here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN
They do perform a great deal of good work but I also believe the UN is used for inappropriate political reasons...
when is the Philippines join the united nations
Oman join the United Nations on 7 October 1971.
Afghanistan joined the united nations in 1946
The United States of America chose to not join the league of nations.
France was one of the founding members of the United Nations.
austria joined th united nations in 1861.
Albania joined the United Nations on December 14, 1955.
Malawi joined the United Nations on December 1, 1964.
Pakistan joined united nations on 30th September 1947
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1946