The United Nations conserves conflict rather than resolving it as a parliament

Evidence

The United Nations may be a Reichstag or a Soviet; it can never be a parliament. It might well, however, have served some other useful functions, notably in the cause of peace and human decency. Instead, it has become, in the words of the late Tibor Szamuely, an organization for the conservation of conflict, so that when, after thirty years, a first attempt was made to negotiate an Arab-Israel peace, all parties agreed on one thing if nothing else—that to give their negotiation any chance of success, it must be kept away from the explosive and contaminating influence of the United Nations. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1339

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes diplomatic from parliamentary relationships — a conceptual clarification of why a parliament-of-mankind aspiration was impossible from the start.
• ADDENDUM: Directly supports the ‘On Sacrifice’ article’s theme of institutions that stabilize or destabilize given orders — here an international body that functions to conserve conflict.