Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the UN basically just a collective entity of the majority of the world’s nations and not its own body? The same issues came up with Russia’s invasion and how the UN couldn’t do anything. The UN is more of a neutral place to talk out disagreements than a police force. I agree with everything you say, but wherever I see “UN” it needs to be “United Nations”, as in the rest of the world…and how “we” are all just shrugging our shoulders and saying there’s technically nothing we can do about people dying.
Pretty much. Russia could veto intervention in Ukraine as they are permanent members of the Security Council, together with China, France, the UK, and the US. In practice it’s incredibly rare for these five to agree on anything in international politics enough for the UN to be anything more than a lame duck.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the UN basically just a collective entity of the majority of the world’s nations and not its own body? The same issues came up with Russia’s invasion and how the UN couldn’t do anything. The UN is more of a neutral place to talk out disagreements than a police force. I agree with everything you say, but wherever I see “UN” it needs to be “United Nations”, as in the rest of the world…and how “we” are all just shrugging our shoulders and saying there’s technically nothing we can do about people dying.
Pretty much. Russia could veto intervention in Ukraine as they are permanent members of the Security Council, together with China, France, the UK, and the US. In practice it’s incredibly rare for these five to agree on anything in international politics enough for the UN to be anything more than a lame duck.