Calls are growing for the UN Security Council to be reformed after the US used its veto power to block a Gaza ceasefire.

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.

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      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.

      • galloog1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        143·
        11 months ago

        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?