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The UN does not impose trade bans. You know why the Secretary General, the UN's leader, is called that? Because he is a secretary for the people who actually ha

• ceejayoz 12y ago
  > You know why the Secretary General, the UN's leader, is called that? Because he is a secretary for the people who actually have power. Secretary is essentially another word for Minister, and NATO's Secretary-General is its supreme commander in wartime. The UN's leader is called the Secretary General because he is in essence its Prime Minister, not because you get confused between a Secretary and his/her secretaries... Unless you think General Secretary Joseph Stalin was a powerless functionary, of course.
  • tormeh 12y ago
    >NATO's Secretary-General is its supreme commander in wartime >The UN's leader is called the Secretary General because he is in essence its Prime Minister Both are wrong and wildly imaginative. >General Secretary Joseph Stalin Yes, but there's also a historic reason behind that title. The leader (like Chairman Mao) of the Soviet Union was supposed to be a sort of secretary for the workers. "Soviet" actually means "council"; the "chairman" and "secretary" names are communist propagandaspeak to give the impression that the workers are the ones in charge.
• refurb 12y ago
  You're getting down voted, but your comment is true. The UN itself has no power, it relies on the member states to enforce decisions.