DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjahss.2025.v13i07.005

Pages: 153-164

Created at San Francisco in 1945, the United Nations Organization (UNO) has been battling out to fulfil its primary motive; that of maintaining world peace and security but crises in former British colonies of India-Pakistan, Israeli-Palestinian and Cameroon are a hard nut for this organisation to crack. Therefore, this study intends to find out the reasons for prolonged crises in these regions and the impact of this on the UN authority. The research adopted the qualitative method. After due consultation of periodicals, reports, UN resolutions and many other policy documents, data analysis attributed the cause of persisting conflicts in the above former British territories to the complicated British prescribed model of independence to these colonies. This research underscores that at the eve of independence, if the British were not separating a one-time people, she was uniting a one-time people she separated (the case of India-Pakistan and Cameroon respectively) or she was creating a new state (the case of Israel in the Arab world). These British cartographic blunders ensued serious problems of nation identity, minority, sovereignty and many other issues very complicated for the UN to manage. Further insight revealed that members of the Security Council used their veto powers to thwart and frustrate effective decisions and actions of the UN. For about 77 years, the UN has not been able to find a formula to remedy the situation. This paper concluded that the UN inability to fulfil its prime objective (world peace and security) in former British colonies has put into question its international authority and autonomy. Consequently, many countries have abandoned their obligations to the organization in favour of their regional organizations, living the future of the UN and global peace bleak.