Dr. Jean Krasno is on the faculty of the Department of Political Science at the City College of New York and is a lecturer at Columbia University. She teaches courses on the United Nations, peacekeeping, international law, and international organizations at City College and at Columbia University. Her most recent book is titled “United Nations: Policy and Practice.” The UN is a rapidly changing organization that responds to the major challenges confronting the world, such as peacebuilding, development, disarmament, electoral assistance, climate change, Ukraine war, nuclear proliferation and refugee assistance. Some of the prevalent myths that are not accurate is that the UN is dysfunctional, is anti-US and is wealthy. Uniting for Peace is a method the General Assembly can bypass a paralyzed Security Council such as on the Ukrainian crisis. Dr. Krasno has published the official papers of former SGs Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon at www.rienner.com .