Platapus |
05-28-10 08:08 AM |
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
(Post 1405253)
Who the hell gave china veto power? they should be slapped.Was it Nixon? :damn:
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The same group of people who made the mistake of giving the US a veto.
The only way the nuclear powers (US, China, USSR, France, and UK) would agree to the charter of the UN is if they had special perks.
In the UN, all member states are equal, it is just that those with the nukes are more equal that the others.
Article 27 paragraph 3 of the UN Charter has been a travesty since the incorporation of the United Nations. Fat chance any of the nuke-five will ever agree to change paragraph 3 though, so we are stuck with it.
I can understand the nuke-five being permanent members of the SC, but that veto rule makes the SC an undemocratic oligarchy, and with the history of the misuse (abuse?) of Article 39, an oligarchy is not in the best interest of the member states.
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