Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and Sweden are pushing to explore the idea of moving from unanimity to qualified majority in foreign policy.
Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and Sweden are pushing to explore the idea of moving from unanimity to qualified majority in foreign policy.
The UN is a diplomatic platform, not a global government. The idea is that if the particular countries couldn’t veto, they’d leave the organisation altogether instead. Having everyone take part in the same diplomatic organisation is the main goal, not producing actionable resolutions.
So what is the point of it then? Small country roes something terrible, they get condemned. US murders people without any oversight.
The point is to have a dialogue and to allow the largest influences to shape the dialogue. It’s not meant to have any power beyond diplomatic conversation. The most hostile countries to the US still get in a plane and fly to New York to participate. Think about that.
Because getting small countries to stop helps reduce war deaths.
Who gets the big countries to stop killing the small countries?
If nothing else works, other big countries. However, it is generally a high bar to get two big countries to go to war with each other.
You have a deeply flawed understanding of who is leading the world in amount of war deaths and why.
Feel free to correct me, but you’re the one who asked the question. Just insulting isn’t a good rhetorical device.
No one. That’s supposed to be NATO’s job.
Lol
No? NATO is there to prevent revolutionary backlash against imperialist countries.
that’s what they want you to believe
I never said they were good at it, I said that was their job.
No, it’s supposed to be a defensive alliance by definition (cough - Libya - cough). Not world police.
To allow the big countries a place of communication to prevent wider conflict.
I think once the US and EU realize that the “Unipolar moment” is fucking over we’ll get a lot more use out of the UN.