Brazil’s Lula slams UN over war in Ukraine (www.laprensalatina.com)

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[-] archiotterpup@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

Okay, but he was right about this part:

"Lula said the United Nations had failed to assume its “responsibility” because permanent members of the Security Council “are the ones who foment wars.”

The UN security council is a joke and there shouldn't be permanent members. It's just neo imperialism.

[-] nogooduser@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I imagine that when it was formed there were two options - allow permanent members or form without the most important members.

[-] anytimesoon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

This is it. How to do bring super powers to a group of nations and tell them they'll have the same voice as tiny countries. Why would they bother showing up?

The world has changed since then, though. I dont think it makes much sense anymore to have France and the UK as permanent members though. Even Russia has shown itself to be more of a minnow than we thought...