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　　The UN General Assembly, the central political forum, is composed of 193 members, including virtually all the world’s nation-states. Two thirds of its members are developing countries, which account for about three-quarters of the world’s population.

　　Reaching decisions is difficult, especially since all agreements by custom must be reached by consensus. As a result, important agreements are often held hostage by narrow special interests, and most agreements are reached only by reducing them to their lowest common denominators. But the real question is whether the major countries of the world will allow democracy to function at the highest level.

　　The Security Council, which is responsible for peace and security, deals with issues of the greatest political importance. The Council has only 15 members so it can meet frequently and deal with crises. Once impotence due to Cold War rivalries, it has regained much of the authority accorded by the UN charter.

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　　聯(lián)合國(guó)大會(huì)。一個(gè)政治中心論壇。由193個(gè)成員國(guó)組成。幾乎包括了世界上所有國(guó)家。其中三分之二是發(fā)展中國(guó)家，其人口總數(shù)達(dá)世界總?cè)丝诘乃姆种�三左右�?/P>

　　聯(lián)合國(guó)大會(huì)決策是比較困難的事。尤其是所有按照慣例決出的協(xié)議必須是全體贊成才能通過(guò)。因此，一些重要協(xié)議經(jīng)常被少數(shù)特殊利益集團(tuán)所控制，大部分協(xié)議的通過(guò)都是為了使自己的利益最大化，然后其中最大的問(wèn)題就是世界上的主要大國(guó)是否愿意高度民主。

　　聯(lián)合國(guó)安理會(huì)，負(fù)責(zé)和安全，處理重大的政治問(wèn)題。安理會(huì)由15個(gè)成員國(guó)組成，所以經(jīng)常舉行會(huì)里處理危機(jī)。安理會(huì)曾一度因冷戰(zhàn)對(duì)抗而無(wú)所作為，然后現(xiàn)在安理會(huì)已重新獲得聯(lián)合國(guó)賦予的許多權(quán)力。