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Calls are growing for the UN Security Council to be reformed after the US became the only member to use its veto power to block a Gaza ceasefire resolution, a move welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The UN chief says he will keep pushing for peace.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 53 points 9 months ago (7 children)

The problem in this case is depending on the security council to act on an issue it isn't designed to address.

The main purpose of the UN is to prevent global war, and the Security Council is the primary way in which that goal is achieved.

In that context, the P5's veto power makes sense. It prevents resolutions pitting the world against one of the superpowers that can sustain that kind of war.

[–] ferralcat@monyet.cc 8 points 9 months ago (6 children)

How does the security counsel prevent global war? They're powerless to do anything to any of the super powers and by proxy also won't do anything to anyone else either.

[–] Metatronz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Or the wonky intertwinement is the peace mechanism? How much more bloody would the world have been without it?

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