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> Why can't United Nations do anything about

What authority do you think the UN has? It's basically a social club.

It's a place for the governments of the world to talk and resolve any issue before it becomes a war.

That looks exactly like a social club. And yes, it's toothless by design. But it's not useless.

> Why can't United Nations do anything about Uyghur concentration camps?

Because there's only one part of the UN that has real teeth, even in the case of human rights abuses - the Security Council. Guess who holds a permanent seat at the Security Council, and can veto any of their decisions?

The UN is currently trying to get people on the ground to investigate. [1] Whether they can do anything about it is another story entirely.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-un/bachele...

I read from the article UN is still seeking access to China. That sounds dumb. I mean we're talking about concentration camps here. Didn't Nazis teach us any lesson