UN Role in Cold War Escalation

Were NATO and the Warsaw Pact going to go to war what do we think the role of the United Nations would be?

The UN Charter specifically says that before turning issues over to the Security Council the nations must try to resolve them themselves, and pre-Cuban Missile Crisis when there wasn't a hotline between POTUS and the Premier, these negotiations often fell through and were brought up at the UN. Given the history of the Soviet Union in that body, it seems unlikely that they would be the ones bringing up the issue and that if it did surface they'd likely veto it.

However, during the Suez Crisis a General Assembly resolution was passed that allowed for an emergency GA meeting to overrule Security Council vetoes and call for the use of military force (which is exactly what happened, against the wishes of Britain and France).

So do we think that either side in the Cold War would attempt to lend legitimacy to the coming conflict or would things happen to quickly for anyone to bother?
 
in a wwiii, scenario, no one would be worrying about the un.

both the us and ussr have veto powers. the un would be deadlocked.

This, but I would also add futile, desperate pleas to bring both sides to the peace table and try to mediate efforts. Perhaps also grandstanding by the US and/or USSR to pontificate about how what they're doing is in the right and good, and the other country is insane and dragging the world towards the abyss.

If things continue to go bad, you will probably have people protesting at the grounds of the headquarters... if they get REALLY bad, before they, the UN and the rest of New York City end up somewhere in the stratosphere.
 
I'm imagining desperate diplomats trying to calm the Soviet and American representatives while contacting their loved ones in the breaks to get the kids and get out of whatever major city they live in...
 
The UN would, in such a case prove what it is: merely a joke.

(Seriously: how can an institution preserve peace if its actions are, if not guided, than at least controlled by the two countries wanting to eliminate the other by all means?! You have the same result if you give the rule of a prison to the inmates!!!)
 
Every diplomat in New York gets out of town ASAP. It functionally relocates to Delhi, Rio, or something of the like. Or it just ceases to exist.
 
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