theres evil parts (security counci, IMF, world bank) and decent parts (WHO, UNESCO, IPCC). land of contrasts as it can only be when you put the Great Satan in the same org as the Reds
This is the real answer. There's a load of important shit that would never get done without the UN. Yet there's also plenty that's completely captured by the US/NATO (and rarely but occasionally others too).
Never mind the veto, basically the UN is often good at doing things - but those things can never substantially go against US interests.
theres evil parts (security counci, IMF, world bank) and decent parts (WHO, UNESCO, IPCC). land of contrasts as it can only be when you put the Great Satan in the same org as the Reds
This is the real answer. There's a load of important shit that would never get done without the UN. Yet there's also plenty that's completely captured by the US/NATO (and rarely but occasionally others too).
Never mind the veto, basically the UN is often good at doing things - but those things can never substantially go against US interests.