The New Nation - Internet Edition

'O United Nations' is an interesting take on the creation of the United Nations, its role in the world and its future influence. Split into three parts, Sinha M.A. Sayeed offers a modern take on prosaic poetry delving into the many issues which shape the United Nation's agenda.

Sayeed delivers an honest portrayal of the problems that the United Nations faces in carrying out its work coupled with solutions and ideas for progress in the many areas of concern for the international community.

In the first part of the poem, Sayeed details the beginning of the United Nations and some of its global activities. Although a more factual take then the rest of the book, it is a valuable background to the rest which is much less pragmatic.

The second part of the book offers a critical take on the United Nation's actions and suggestions on how the United Nation's role in the world should be formulated. Calling on the United Nations to stick by its roots and original goals, Sayeed offers little leeway on the United Nation's current proceedings.

Concluding, the third part of poem ends with a call for Ban Ki-moon to fulfill the aforementioned goals and commit to his intentions as the Secretary-General. An interesting and informative view of the United Nations, 'O United Nations' is both eccentric and modern, an interesting twist to the often dry world of non-fiction literature.

We also have included a link for the book in our last issue of UN Connections which you can find on our website wfuna.org.