The United Nations is the only truly universal and global
intergovernmental organization created to date.
Established 74 years ago, it continues to be the only
global international organization and actor that has an
agenda encompassing the broadest range of governance
issues. As the world’s only truly global organization, it
has become the foremost forum to address issues that
transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved
by any one country acting alone. It is a complex system
that serves as the central site for multilateral diplomacy,
with the UN’s General Assembly as center stage. Since
the end of Cold War, the UN is not only addressing
global problems like a democratic supranational body
(not exactly emerging as a global government) adopting
policies to reduce illiteracy, poverty, gender inequality,
protecting environment. The MDGs and SDGs are aimed
at the welfare of “We the Peoples of the United
Nations”. While the UN is promoting democracy at
global level, there are serious demands aired for
democratizing the world body itself. This paper aims to
discuss (i) the objectives/ purposes, principles and the
principal organs of the UN, (ii) the role of the UN in
democratizing international relations, and (iii) the
democratization of UN System through reforms to better
its future prospects
