Frustration grows after the US blocks decision at UN Safety Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
An emergency session of the United Nations Common Meeting has introduced Israel’s assault on Gaza into sharp international focus.
After greater than 9 weeks of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the UN Safety Council has been unable to agree on a decision calling for a ceasefire.
Warning of the worldwide menace posed by the battle, UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres invoked a hardly ever used article final week to induce the Safety Council to behave.
Regardless of an awesome majority voting in favour of demanding a ceasefire, the US blocked it by utilizing its veto energy.
Critics say the truth that 5 everlasting members have the ultimate say on a decision renders the world physique helpless.
So is it time for the veto energy to be eliminated? Will it assist the UN change into more practical?
Presenter: Cyril Vannier
Friends:
Carne Ross – founding father of the Impartial Diplomat, a nonprofit advisory group
Maleeha Lodhi – former Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations
Vyacheslav Matuzov – former Russian diplomat