@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 2 years agoZelensky, in UN showdown, says strip ‘criminal’ Russia of veto powerptv-news.com.pkexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareJaysynlinkfedilink43•2 years agoHe’s not wrong. Russia has neither the hard nor soft power to continue having a UN veto.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•2 years agoUnfortunately Russia is going to veto anything that would strip that power from them.
minus-squarenicklinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoCouldn’t the general assembly just acknowledge that the RF does not inherit the Soviet Union veto? Same way that they stripped Taiwan of their veto. I don’t think that would require a security council vote.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoOh no, what an insurmountable problem. Everyone knows if you break the rules of the UN, the UN rules enforcers will come from on high to stop you. The reason Russia isn’t going to be stripped of a veto is naked realpolitik, not because the rules and procedures say you can’t do it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoWe need to get them to boycott the UN somehow so then we can pass such legislation.
He’s not wrong.
Russia has neither the hard nor soft power to continue having a UN veto.
Unfortunately Russia is going to veto anything that would strip that power from them.
Couldn’t the general assembly just acknowledge that the RF does not inherit the Soviet Union veto? Same way that they stripped Taiwan of their veto. I don’t think that would require a security council vote.
Oh no, what an insurmountable problem. Everyone knows if you break the rules of the UN, the UN rules enforcers will come from on high to stop you.
The reason Russia isn’t going to be stripped of a veto is naked realpolitik, not because the rules and procedures say you can’t do it.
We need to get them to boycott the UN somehow so then we can pass such legislation.