Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Amnesty calls on
UN powers to lose veto on genocide votes
The P5. The permanent
members of the UN Security Council, China, Russia, France, the UK and the US
are the nations that can say no to any proposition at the council. The veto was
exercised only in two cases in 2014, once by China and twice by Russia.
However, there were other resolutions or actions to save people in conflict
areas that could have been taken if there were no threats of veto power.
The Amnesty
International is now saying the P5 should surrender their veto right on issues
related to mass killing and genocide, instead of protecting their political or
geopolitical self-interest.
Enjoy reading and
thinking if it’s time to bring this controversial issue on the UN table to
protect the lives of civilians of the rest of the world.
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