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Calls to reform UN Security Council after US vetoes Gaza ceasefire
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I mean, same. The ability of certain blocs to railroad the UN is obscene. We should protect our veto tho
The countries that currently have a veto make less sense the way the world is developing.
France and the UK have a veto, but Germany doesn't? China has a veto but India doesn't?
I get that it's based on historic disputes after the war, but it doesn't fit the current world well.
I didn't know India was offered! After some reading (skimming) the US offer in 1950 was to replace China, but Nehru didn't want to stir up controversy. The Soviet offer in 1955 might not have made any headway, but I'm not sure why that's the case.
It's a fair argument, but at this point, I suspect China would push back given their relationship with India isn't the best. The major powers also probably don't want to destabilize South Asia seeing as India's rival has nukes and would feel extremely threatened. Idk I may be wrong.
If the UN isn't reformed, there's nothing stopping these rising states from starting their own UN
Our veto is the problem here. Vetoes in general are the problem.
Because of "one nation one vote," it is trivially easy for the more hardcore Muslim bloc or authoritarian nations to shove things through that should absolutely not be shoved through.
And basing it off population would essentially give China and India the power to vote themselves whatever they wanted. It's the US legislative problem all over again and do we really want one world government in the end?
Yeah, many people fail to realize that the places in the world where individual rights are (mostly) respected are actually few, with only a minor portion of the world population.