A 2006 UN mandate review finds that UN member states adopt hundreds of mandates each year, conferring “additional responsibilities with neither corresponding funds nor guidance” on how resources should be used. In American domestic politics, these kinds of commands from the US Congress to states are known as “unfunded mandates;” ordering results without providing the resources necessary to achieve them.
一份联合国2006年的训令评估表明其成员国每年接受数百份训令，但这些训令赋予成员国在资源的使用上“没有相应资金和指导的额外责任”。在美国国内政治生活中，这种由国会下达到政府的训令被称作“没有经费的训令”，只下令达到某些结果，但却不提供配套的资源。这是政治做秀—雷声大，雨点小。