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How many of them mention the words \"democracy\" or \"democratic\"?","The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have 169 targets. How many of them mention the words \"democracy\" or \"democratic\"?",[99,100],"uk 0.663","swe 0.9418",[102,103],"uk 0.253","swe 0.3204","The words \"democracy\" or \"democratic\" are not mentioned at all in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals’, because the UN is not promoting any specific kind of constitution.","The UN diplomats succeeded with the seemingly impossible: getting 193 countries to agree about 169 global targets. Some countries also wanted democracy targets, but others did not.","The UN diplomats succeeded with the seemingly impossible: getting 193 countries to agree about 169 global targets. Some countries also wanted democracy targets, but others did not.\n","Source: UN","All of the Sustainable Development Goals’ 169 targets are publicly available, but none of them make any mention of words like “democracy” and “democratic”. Target 16.7 mentions “participatory” decision making.\n(Despite never explicitly mentioning democracy in the Sustainable Development Goals, nor in its founding documents, it is mentioned in the [UN's list of “Global Issues”](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.un.org\u002Fen\u002Fglobal-issues\u002Fdemocracy)  like this: “The UN supports democracy by promoting human rights, development, and peace and security.”)\n\n[1]  [UN – Do you know all 17 SDGs?](https:\u002F\u002Fsdgs.un.org\u002Fgoals#goals)  \n[2]  [UN – Global Issues: Democracy](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.un.org\u002Fen\u002Fglobal-issues\u002Fdemocracy)  \n[3]  [Wikipedia – List of all the SDG targets and indicators](https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FList_of_Sustainable_Development_Goal_targets_and_indicators)  ","If every country only agreed to collaborate with countries that share the same kind of constitution, there would be almost no global collaborations.\n\nAfter the Second World War, the UN was formed to prevent a third one. This required a kind of global diplomatic organization that had never existed before, which tolerates huge cultural and constitutional differences. Such diplomatic tolerance is needed, because a world war would ruin the lives of millions of people all over the planet, and it can’t be prevented by collaborations among small groups of like-minded countries. And there are at least three more such global risks that can affect everyone but they can’t be prevented locally: The risk of pandemics; The risk of financial collapse; The risk of a climate disaster.\n\nIn human history, there are lots of pandemics, wars and economic collapses which were not prevented. But there are no examples of global collaborations like the UN. It is the first diplomatic collaboration platform that covers the whole planet. The UN is far from perfect, and to prevent such disasters in the future it needs to improve a lot. This is the reason why democracy and other controversial topics cannot be pushed by the UN. By not promoting a particular form of government, all countries are able to participate to solve truly global problems that would otherwise be left unsolvable.\n\n(Despite never explicitly mentioning democracy in the Sustainable Development Goals, nor in its founding documents, it is mentioned in the [UN's list of “Global Issues”](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.un.org\u002Fen\u002Fglobal-issues\u002Fdemocracy) like this: “The UN supports democracy by promoting human rights, development, and peace and security.”)\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nPeople who believe the UN promotes democracy, obviously don’t understand the UN’s primary purpose: Diplomacy! They won’t realize the diplomatic limitations that the UN must obey, and they will have unrealistic expectations and get disappointed when the UN doesn’t exclude anti-democratic countries. But the UN doesn’t exclude member countries, even if they conduct the worst possible atrocities. That’s what diplomacy is all about – keeping the dialogue open. As our only truly global diplomatic organization, there’s no room for criticizing the government constitutions of different members. The UN has always included countries which are far from democratic, and that is how it should be. The fight for democracy and free press, is a job for other organizations, such as: [Civicus](https:\u002F\u002Fmonitor.civicus.org\u002Fabout\u002Faboutcivicus\u002F), [IDEA](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.idea.int\u002Fabout-us), [Freedom House](https:\u002F\u002Ffreedomhouse.org\u002Fabout-us) and [The Economist](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eiu.com\u002Fn\u002Fcampaigns\u002Fdemocracy-index-2021\u002F) \n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nThere are probably three related reasons: First, we have found that a majority of people believe the UN is like a “club for rich democracies”, and they have seen leaders from the US and Europe speak at the UN headquarters in New York, and they imagine these countries are setting the agenda; Second, many people who like the UN will probably assume the UN promotes everything they like, including democracy; Third, some people who dislike the UN, even if they know it includes all of the world, probably assume it has a very “Western” agenda, and promotes the kinds of constitutions that Western Europe likes to promote, including democracy. All of the assumptions above may be relevant criticism of the UN in some aspects, but it does not apply to the mentioning of democracy in the UN goals. \n\n### Can I trust the data?\nYes. All of the Sustainable Development Goals’ 169 targets [are publicly available](https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FList_of_Sustainable_Development_Goal_targets_and_indicators). They cover a broad range of important subjects, such as poverty and education, but none of them make any mention of words like “democracy” and “democratic”. One target (16.7) mentions “participatory” decision making (“ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.”)\n","Diplomacy or Democracy ","The UN diplomats succeeded with the seemingly impossible: getting 193 countries to agree about 169 global targets. Some countries wanted democracy targets, but others did not.\n"]