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title: "Myths about the United Nations"  
description: "There are plenty of misapprehensions about – and deliberate distortions of – the role played by the UN. Here we tackle some of the more tenacious fallacies"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-05  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1760/myths-about-the-united-nations  
category: "international news"  
tags: ["United nations", "Myths", "Myths about United nations", "United nations Myths"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Myths about the United Nations

![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/bb4e1b65-16e9-40eb-8d88-5ed115266716.jpeg) ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/ce54f4d8-9b6c-4b74-a038-b17f826e8ad8.jpeg) Myth 1: The UN is expensive ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/0f7b2c01-587c-40e0-90f9-770d5a0d1d9a.jpeg) Myth 2: The UN doesn't really do anything ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/bdcbefe2-fcba-4b4c-8035-bc6f8e79f560.jpeg) Myth 3: The UK spends too much money on the UN ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/7daa0abe-2981-48ed-a6cc-e014563e2177.jpeg) Myth 4: Wealthy countries do not need the UN ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/c2123012-9f54-4e62-99b3-befd7d930426.jpeg) Myth 5: The UN doesn't directly benefit people in rich countries ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/17038de9-f258-405b-a837-7d8b58f53b53.jpeg) Myth 6: The UN is a world government ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/3ec3db31-45e7-4c7a-87cb-52212ab1ecc5.jpeg) Myth 7: The UN employs too many people ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/477e0b1b-b0f9-452b-ac2b-f182ca1c8c49.jpeg) Myth 8: The UN is full of despots. Democratic countries should form their own body ![Myths about the United Nations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0f6c7b21-aea9-4de7-b88c-19d66a201e8f/images/a567f5a9-c9be-414f-93cb-0de15e85a132.jpeg) Myth 9: The UN is paralysed by the Security Council veto

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