I think it’s time that the United Nations Security Council gets a much needed shake up. It’s clearly become beyond useless, an expensive joke on the rest of the world when you have nations like Russia and China behaving the way they are and able to veto any UNSC resolution for any reason they choose. I think it’s high time that Russia and China is booted out of the UNSC and/or the power of veto to be permanently removed from all members of the UNSC. Otherwise you can have Russia invading Ukraine illegally and vetoing any and all UNSC resolutions that support Ukraine either philosophically, financially, materially or militarily even though Russia is clearly the aggressor. This situation shows the current setup and rules of the UNSC has become redundant. Russia should not be permitted to rejoin until it withdraws all forces from Ukrainian territory, including that which it has illegally annexed. China should not be permitted to rejoin until it stops its hostile activities in the South China Sea and rescinds its illegal claims to islands in that area, as per the court decision against its claim.

Armchair_Politician wrote Yesterday at 3:19pm:


The veto power is there because it is pointless to pass a resolution that one of the major powers opposes. The UN will never function as a way for the US to force China's hand or vice versa.

It is also important for the major democracies to have a veto, otherwise the UN could just become a committee of dictators. Or China could buy everyone's vote.

The UN is a toothless tiger. Changing the paperwork won't change that reality. But getting all the leaders together in one room might still actually achieve something, even if it isn't readily apparent.

freediver wrote Yesterday at 4:02pm:


yes.