Former Ambassador William S. Luer, president of the United States Chapter of the United Nations Association, gave an address on the importance of the U.N. at the Miller Center of Public Affairs last night.
Luer said the U.N. serves an important purpose by creating a forum where the subtle nuances of international culture can come together.
"In the United Nations you have all these cultures talking to one another," he said.
However, currently the U.N. has come under scrutiny and has fallen out of favor with the American public, he said.
"Often people yawn and say, 'Ugh, he's going to talk about the U.N.,'" Luer said. However, "America has to know about it ... because there is simply no way the U.S. can solve the world's problems alone."
Luer said there are too many issues like global poverty and worldwide AIDS that affect every country
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