Veto Archives - BSNEWS https://bsnews.info/tags/veto/ News You Won't Find on BBC or ITN Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:06:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://bsnews.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cropped-truth1-55x55.jpg Veto Archives - BSNEWS https://bsnews.info/tags/veto/ 32 32 49333625 Hard Evidence: who uses veto in the UN Security Council most often – and for what? https://bsnews.info/hard-evidence-uses-veto-un-security-council-often/ https://bsnews.info/hard-evidence-uses-veto-un-security-council-often/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2016 20:09:51 +0000 http://bsnews.info/?p=15374 There’s no doubt that the number of vetoes used at the Security Council has fallen since the end of the Cold War and the break-up of the USSR – while the number of resolutions, in particular unanimous resolutions, has grown exponentially over the same period, suggesting a co-operative and working Security Council. Yet the veto remains and arguments continue as to how and when it is used. The debate has evolved beyond national interests to include observing the letter, or the spirit, of the UN Charter, and protecting the most vulnerable at times of humanitarian crisis.

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