Kinda bizarre that nobody predicted this method of going about things back when everyone was clamouring for a reduction of global weapons stockpiles. Actually using them in warfare is a very visual way of short-term rapid disposal. As a longer-term issue we (the rest of the world) might be concerned about manufacture of replacements, and maybe aiding North Korea – instead of sanctioning it – could do something to encourage alternative industries to flourish.
The U.N. is the Whore of Babylon.
Who designed the UN voting system where everyone has to agree in order to do anything. It’s pointless.
All UN related news should just come from the Babylon Bee at this point.
Russia needs to pay up whats due to the UN before they can even veto anything imo
What’s the point of the UN even when a rouge nation can veto anything they want.
I wish they would at least change the name of the organization if they plan on continuing with this farce. 😐
The countries with vetorights should lose em while they are waging wars against other countries.
The UN’s a bit like a school group project. One kid doesn’t do anything but somehow still gets veto power
I’m not that informed on UN, but why is Russia on it? Considering its actions in recent years.
The UN should be taken out back
What’s the use of UN if we cannot rule the world through it?
I don’t think the UN is useless, but obvious countries that are working to destabilize, and actively work against should have their voting powers reduced or removed.
So, NK has been sent enough strongly worded letters?
Coincidence? Guarantee this was probably part of the talks between NK and Russia when Russia asked NK for munitions.
How the hell is Russia still considered a “united” nation? Could it possibly do more damage from outside than from within?
Why is the largest terrorist state on Earth allowed to participate and to vote in the UN? The UN is a joke.
The UN is a pointless organisation.
Granting veto power was the single biggest mistake ever made. And guess what? They can’t change the UN charter because it’ll get vetoed.
ITT: People who never heard of the League of Nations.
The UN is fulfilling its purpose exactly the way it was designed.
We don’t need the UN to act like NATO.
What if ALL other countries except the 5 veto countries formed a new organization, like “United Countries” or something. And then these countries agree to let those 5 countries into the organization as long as they agree with their rules. No vetos.
Let those 5 countries veto each other while the rest moves on. They will get bored quick.
In 2022 year USA was too scared of “collapse of Russia”, and wanted years of “bleeding Russia”?
This is only small part of the World what it wanted/chose, and for which it now fully responsible.
Who gives af. The UN is toothless, every country is gonna do what they want anyway.
This isn’t even gonna stop monitoring lol. Such a joke of an organization
I don’y think people realize what the purpose of the UN is. It’s not to enforce world peace and make planet-wide decisions. It’s to be a negotiating platform for countries.
Yes, many times it won’t work and will result in decision deadlocks, but you know what? This fragile, half-functioning organization is the best thing we have right now. Humanity has been at endless wars for thousands of years, and this is the first time in history we are AT LEAST trying to have some sort of worldwide negotiations.
And for people thinking about expelling nations from UN – read about League of Nations. US never joins, Germany quits, Japan quits, USSR gets expelled, and guess what, there is nobody significant left and it gets eventually disbanded.
Having a veto power is stupid. As well as having permanent members on the security council.
The ‘United’ part of the ‘United Nations’ is ironic.
Just a pro quid quo for N.Korean armaments for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
S.Korea should retaliate by sending arms to Ukraine.
The UN is irrelevant for anything serious… we unfortunately live in a time where there is a lot of ill-will with the major powers. The UN requires that the various powers approach diplomacy in good faith.
The un is honestly just a waste. Its never being used for negotiations anymore anyways.
For anyone that wonders why the UN is so useless it is partly due to the League of Nations falling apart.
They pretty much realised that the system needs to cater for the strongest players in order for it to exist.
Hence we have a farce of a system that really is controlled by the biggest economies.
The UN is kind of like how the student council exists in schools to make kids feel like they have a say where in reality they pretty much just do the things the teachers/school doesn’t want to do anyway.
After reading through some top comments, I feel people are misunderstanding the UN.
The UN exists so nations have a place to talk. That’s it!
The League of Nations failed because of its charter for collective security/world peace and also being the world’s military.
Why are people saying the UN is useless, it’s a communication tool and does its job very well. Are seriously asking “why russia has veto right”? Do you think if they didn’t, they would magically do what the west wants them to do, because it was voted that way?
For those of you who think that Russia vetoed it just out of spite or bad attitude, you should really read what they have have to say about it. I did, and basically they claim that during the period that this special commission was there, not only didn’t it help deter N.Korea from researching and testing WMD, it actively worsen intra peninsular relationship. Also caused unwarranted suffering among n.korean civilians. And in the form that this monitoring commission exists now it doesn’t bring anything “better” or even useful into the fold. So it should be changed – as was, allegedly, proposed by them and China.
This is way I don’t take that organisation seriously or care what they say or claims on any issues. Funny how people in my country often use them as a excuse why we have to follow “laws” that they can’t do shit about if we ignore.
Us does for Israel.. Russia does it for N Korea. Why do you think it’s any different. There is no right or wrong but only interest.
You want un to be effective. Remove Veto power from everyone. Then see the result.
Great! More North Korean weapons for the Russian army in Ukraine/s
So can we kick Russia off the P5 yet?
For anyone who still had a doubt about what is left of the U.N.
Put russia on the bench in all relevant organizations! They don’t get a say until they get in line!
Stage 72 complete
Vlad is scratching Kimmy’s back for all those artillery shells.
New axis of Evil: Russia -> North Korea -> Iran. F*ck all of these all they bring to the world is missery.
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UN is useless
Kinda bizarre that nobody predicted this method of going about things back when everyone was clamouring for a reduction of global weapons stockpiles. Actually using them in warfare is a very visual way of short-term rapid disposal. As a longer-term issue we (the rest of the world) might be concerned about manufacture of replacements, and maybe aiding North Korea – instead of sanctioning it – could do something to encourage alternative industries to flourish.
The U.N. is the Whore of Babylon.
Who designed the UN voting system where everyone has to agree in order to do anything. It’s pointless.
All UN related news should just come from the Babylon Bee at this point.
Russia needs to pay up whats due to the UN before they can even veto anything imo
What’s the point of the UN even when a rouge nation can veto anything they want.
I wish they would at least change the name of the organization if they plan on continuing with this farce. 😐
The countries with vetorights should lose em while they are waging wars against other countries.
The UN’s a bit like a school group project. One kid doesn’t do anything but somehow still gets veto power
I’m not that informed on UN, but why is Russia on it? Considering its actions in recent years.
The UN should be taken out back
What’s the use of UN if we cannot rule the world through it?
I don’t think the UN is useless, but obvious countries that are working to destabilize, and actively work against should have their voting powers reduced or removed.
So, NK has been sent enough strongly worded letters?
Coincidence? Guarantee this was probably part of the talks between NK and Russia when Russia asked NK for munitions.
How the hell is Russia still considered a “united” nation? Could it possibly do more damage from outside than from within?
Why is the largest terrorist state on Earth allowed to participate and to vote in the UN? The UN is a joke.
The UN is a pointless organisation.
Granting veto power was the single biggest mistake ever made. And guess what? They can’t change the UN charter because it’ll get vetoed.
ITT: People who never heard of the League of Nations.
The UN is fulfilling its purpose exactly the way it was designed.
We don’t need the UN to act like NATO.
What if ALL other countries except the 5 veto countries formed a new organization, like “United Countries” or something. And then these countries agree to let those 5 countries into the organization as long as they agree with their rules. No vetos.
Let those 5 countries veto each other while the rest moves on. They will get bored quick.
In 2022 year USA was too scared of “collapse of Russia”, and wanted years of “bleeding Russia”?
This is only small part of the World what it wanted/chose, and for which it now fully responsible.
Who gives af. The UN is toothless, every country is gonna do what they want anyway.
This isn’t even gonna stop monitoring lol. Such a joke of an organization
I don’y think people realize what the purpose of the UN is. It’s not to enforce world peace and make planet-wide decisions. It’s to be a negotiating platform for countries.
Yes, many times it won’t work and will result in decision deadlocks, but you know what? This fragile, half-functioning organization is the best thing we have right now. Humanity has been at endless wars for thousands of years, and this is the first time in history we are AT LEAST trying to have some sort of worldwide negotiations.
And for people thinking about expelling nations from UN – read about League of Nations. US never joins, Germany quits, Japan quits, USSR gets expelled, and guess what, there is nobody significant left and it gets eventually disbanded.
Having a veto power is stupid. As well as having permanent members on the security council.
The ‘United’ part of the ‘United Nations’ is ironic.
Just a pro quid quo for N.Korean armaments for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
S.Korea should retaliate by sending arms to Ukraine.
The UN is irrelevant for anything serious… we unfortunately live in a time where there is a lot of ill-will with the major powers. The UN requires that the various powers approach diplomacy in good faith.
The un is honestly just a waste. Its never being used for negotiations anymore anyways.
For anyone that wonders why the UN is so useless it is partly due to the League of Nations falling apart.
They pretty much realised that the system needs to cater for the strongest players in order for it to exist.
Hence we have a farce of a system that really is controlled by the biggest economies.
The UN is kind of like how the student council exists in schools to make kids feel like they have a say where in reality they pretty much just do the things the teachers/school doesn’t want to do anyway.
After reading through some top comments, I feel people are misunderstanding the UN.
The UN exists so nations have a place to talk. That’s it!
The League of Nations failed because of its charter for collective security/world peace and also being the world’s military.
Why are people saying the UN is useless, it’s a communication tool and does its job very well. Are seriously asking “why russia has veto right”? Do you think if they didn’t, they would magically do what the west wants them to do, because it was voted that way?
For those of you who think that Russia vetoed it just out of spite or bad attitude, you should really read what they have have to say about it. I did, and basically they claim that during the period that this special commission was there, not only didn’t it help deter N.Korea from researching and testing WMD, it actively worsen intra peninsular relationship. Also caused unwarranted suffering among n.korean civilians. And in the form that this monitoring commission exists now it doesn’t bring anything “better” or even useful into the fold. So it should be changed – as was, allegedly, proposed by them and China.
This is way I don’t take that organisation seriously or care what they say or claims on any issues. Funny how people in my country often use them as a excuse why we have to follow “laws” that they can’t do shit about if we ignore.
Us does for Israel.. Russia does it for N Korea. Why do you think it’s any different. There is no right or wrong but only interest.
You want un to be effective. Remove Veto power from everyone. Then see the result.
Great! More North Korean weapons for the Russian army in Ukraine/s
So can we kick Russia off the P5 yet?
For anyone who still had a doubt about what is left of the U.N.
Put russia on the bench in all relevant organizations! They don’t get a say until they get in line!
Stage 72 complete
Vlad is scratching Kimmy’s back for all those artillery shells.
New axis of Evil: Russia -> North Korea -> Iran. F*ck all of these all they bring to the world is missery.