Perfect Union: Christian Worldview With The Idea Of World Government

The UN- “a more perfect union?”
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Introduction
Global governance is the system formed by the set of rules, processes and actors, institutional and others, that govern the world more specifically, which intervene or are part of the decision making taking place at the global level. The scope of global governance now extends beyond security and conflict resolution, to other issues of international relations, including issues such as economic production, development, finance as well as climate change, pollution, energy governance and resources, and the arms industry, which influences conflicts. The global governance players mostly include the global institutions such as the UN, regional institutions, nation-states, global civil-society groups and multinationals, which are influential in the political sphere. The UN has legitimacy among member estates, but veto powers, infringing on political sovereignty of member states and failing to protect rights for all people are associated with opposition to the organization.[Margaret P Karns, Karen A Mingst and Kendall W Stiles, International Organizations, 3rd ed.(Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015), 75.]
States and the UN
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the UN created in 1945 just after WWII and UN member nations that recognize its jurisdiction and countries need the UN and mostly represent the UN treaties. The United Nations' General Assembly adopts resolution and agendas on different issues, and while countries are expected to comply they do not always do so. For instance, the US is not a party to the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC), and based on disagreements about the country’s complicity in human rights abuses in foreign affairs matters. The powerful countries major powers have veto power based on the balance of power during the 1940s and can drive agenda using the support of allies to influence agenda, but even when they disagree they are still members of the UN.
Global governance is based on the premise that governance depends on individuals, public and private institutions public that work together to manage common affairs. There was growing interest in global governance to support relations between states after the Cold War, and prior to this global governance mostly occurred without institutions. Even though, there may be conflicting or divergent interests there is cooperation among actors and monitoring compliance, while there are arrangements to cater to the interests of different actors. This is important as strong nations are less likely to coerce their weaker counterparts by virtue of projecting political, economical and military power.
Legitimacy of the UN as a governing authority
While the UN is imperfect member states often support the agency and there is a link between international governance and development cooperation. The UN has supported democratic governance and sustainable governance by recognizing the rights of the people. Member states also adopt resolutions that help to guarantee political rights and with increased international commitment when the body is considered relevant. There is more equitable par...