I agree with some of what you say- the UN needs reform to make it more effective especially in the Secretariat.

However, there are a dozen or so UN agencies which do an amazing job around the world every day (WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNDP,WFP etc). There is a worrying trend of people (as demonstrated by your article) just damning the UN as one entity.

In much the same way, the left wing in america’s rabid, mouth frothing hatred of G W Bush is such that they will never believe that anything he does can be a ‘good thing’.