With 192 members and a mandate that covers everything from security to refugees to public health, the United Nations is the world’s only global organization. But polls in the United States show that two-thirds of Americans think the UN is doing a poor job, and many believe it was tarnished by corruption during the Iraq oil-for-food program under Saddam Hussein.
拥有192个成员国和从安全到难民再到公共卫生的包罗万象的授权，联合国是世界上唯一一个全球化组织。但在美国的民意调查表明三分之二的美国人认为联合国行事不力。很多人认为这个组织被在萨达姆掌权时的“石油换食品”计划中所产生的腐败玷污了。还有许多人认为联合国应该为中东林林总总的无法解决的问题负责。