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ballot no 139995

yes or no : political : SHOULD THE UN ABOLISH THE VETO POWER OF THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBER NATIONS ON ITS SECURITY COUNCIL?

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is an organ of the United Nations, mandated to protect world populations from crimes against humanity, comprised of 10 elected non-permanent member nations elected to two-year terms and five unelected permanent member nations; the latter includes the United States, the United Kingdom, the French fifth Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Peoples Republic of China. As per Article 27 of the UN Charter, these five nations also retain the power to veto any UNSC resolution they please.

Last Saturday, China and Russia invoked this right in regards to a resolution that would have condemned the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, relating to its response to the ongoing popular uprising in Syria. Also on Saturday, forces loyal to Assad simultaneously shelled hundreds of innocent civilians to death in the Syrian city of Homs...

Critics charge Russia and China exercised this power as they both market armaments to the Assad regime and the resolution would have denoted culpability on the part of Assad which could have led to future arms embargos against Syria; or, in layman's terms, the resolution would have proven bad for business. The Chinese and Russians (ostensibly) alleged the resolution was unbalanced in favor of the Syrian opposition, even after other member states made numerous concessions to smooth over the likely prospect of Chinese and Russian opposition.

Many more instances can be provided relating to any one of these five nations possibly utilizing the veto power for political gain. Pictured, to the right, is a chart depicting the five member states in question and their usage of the veto power throughout the history of the United Nations. What say you? Should this power be abolished?

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Submitted on : Feb 07,2012 1:46:22 am