Why The UN Can't Get Anything Done
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Leaders from around the world gather every year for the United Nations General Assembly. But the strong arm of the organization, the UN Security Council, has problems getting things done. Here's why.
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So let me see if I get this right: The UN was founded to provide resolutions world wide, maintain peace, and overall find the best ending possible for all... but we gave special power to few to maintain their own interest over the others... genius... just genius...
United nations should changed their name to 'ministry of love'
It's just ridiculous, totally ridiculous that 5 countries have the final say. Look at the situation we're in now, Russia as temporary ruling country of the Security Council and Putins arrest warrant for war crimes.
Coz if great powers don't feel stake in it
It will fail
@@anshuraj4277this fact means it already failed.
@@Genericbluefox
It's better than not having it
U.N - United Neglectors
United nothing or unless nation
UN- useless negotiations
That's a good one.
@@daniellinis8803useless nations*
@@IstanbulSanchestivansoon123 is weird see Americans say that the UN is useless because they are the ones benefiting from his flaws.
Veto power was a dumb idea to begin with. if you don't agree make a club with you and 14 of your friends and then give yourself and four other friends the right to veto anyone else joining the club or anyone to do anything then you will how this Veto Power is terrible.
Well, Should San marino's vote be equal to China's vote?
yes
There is simply no reason for a major country to join the UN without veto power, since they already had power without the UN. Veto power was made to get everyone on board. It's better than no UN, and does reflect the world powers and their influence.
Veto power should definitely be there.
Veto is such a horrible idea. All these countries have very different views and objectives. This way nothing can ever be done because someone will always be against something. I think it'd be better if they gave major countries a lot more voting power, so that their vote counts, for example, ten times the vote of other minor countries.
Well will fail because the league of Nation dont have the veto and microstate Pay almost NOTHING to the U.N cost and because Why a "Strong Nation" would Join a "International club"
And remenber this 5 nation Win WW2 and "create" the u.n basically are Admin
Ban Ki-Moon gets 20,000$ a month to "worry". A pretty sweet occupation.
He "expressed worry" approximetly 180 times last year, 37 times on Yemen alone.
Shadow Who Walks GOALS
😁😀😁
sadly he can't get anything done
The world should have rejected the UN the moment "Veto rights" were introduced. Only 5 countries have veto rights, making the rest of the world under their mercy. That is pure bs and authotarian. China and Russia agree on alot of things, so if one disagree the other will always support. The same goes with the USA, UK and France. Nothing will ever be done with the UN. Abolish it and start with a new organisation.
8 years after this video and it’s still the same..
They cannot get rid of the veto. They can modify it though. perhaps requiring vetos from 2 or more representatives for any veto to pass.
Thats better. Or make it so that the major countries just have a lot more voting power. Like x10 the other countries
They can't modify it, the decision would be vetoed
as Erdoğan always says: The world is bigger than five!
lol. agreed.
So.. what? Everything he says is automatically wrong? How shallow are you?
kurt larsson - if you mean by "cave" Europe then you are right.
You may or may not like Erdogan, but he has a fair point in saying that the Vetopower-ruling is outdated and a burden than a help to the international community when it comes to bringing constructive solutions!
SuperDubios Actually.. UN is outdated.. from the moment that organization become a tool used by US to oppress other nations. Its pointless to talk about veto power when big powers don't recognize international law anymore.
Erdogan is a maniac and in over his head.
The effectiveness of the United Nations relies on the following key reforms:
1. Eliminating veto rights.
2. Relocating the UN headquarters from the United States.
Here’s why: Relocating the UN headquarters from the United States has merits, including enhanced neutrality, global representation symbolism, reduced security risks, better accessibility, potential cost savings, and improved perception among developing nations.
3. Implementing consequences for nations that do not abide by the majority decisions.
Here’s how: Economic Sanctions, Diplomatic Isolation, Travel Restrictions, Asset Freezing, International Criminal Court (ICC).
Why would any of the great powers listen to the UN if they can't have a level of control
Any suggestions on where it should be moved to?
It's funny how a bunch of mercenaries from south Africa with Soviet area weapons could protect a oil rig from Angolan rebels but once the UN pressured the Angolan government to cancel there contact with Executive Outcomes for a bunch of UN peace keepers and within less of a year the rebels took the oil rig back.
i need for info on this
The UN: don't know, I'm just hear to watch and warn
France ? Ww2 ? Deserves it ? For crying out loud they surrendered
they were on the winning side
Winning side are countries who kept up the fight , why should France be seen are a winner when it wasn't in the picture
Communist China also never fight WWII
RzGarage
Joseph Stilwell and members of Dixie Mission disagree with you.
At that point might as well give Italia veto power too
They should just change from veto to majority
US France. Britain 3:2 Russia China. World war next week or next day
Russia and China would just veto that decision.
Veto power is great too bad none of the 5 permanent members use it responsibly
Veto power should not exist it stalls progress and gives a unfair advantage to the few that hold it
The UN needs more teeth to get things done.
For a starter something needs to be done about how the Security Council operates!
They are the ones in charge of the "teeths" - they can issue a mandate giving UN peacekeepers better possibility of creating peace!
But as long as special interests trumf the greater good we will have to make do what we got so far....
first, get rid of that veto system and make a new system
Un should stop Minding the other countries business by forcing their own form of control.
Everyone in the world needs to see this video. Big ups on making a quick, concise, digestible video on a huge problem in our world
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I was starting to wonder how everything always led to Israel with Aj but that was before I realized it was Al Jazeera.
Although the veto was a good idea at the time of conception, when the P5 did represent a good chunk of the world's interest to maintain balance, as well as being the countries with the capacity to intervene, this model no longer holds. May I point anyone interested to read up on a suggestion for the reformation of the UNSC by Professor Kishore Mahbubani where there would be an increase from 15 to 21 states separated into 3 categories to better represent the changing landscape of the world today.
veto power is very important because it ensures that stable countries such as the us China Russia France and the UK can override anything from an unstable country such as Iran Afghanistan Iraq Syria Jordan Egypt etc.
China?
Meanwhile, over 40% of ISIS weapon came from(or manufactured by China), Myanmar's ethnic cleansing using China's weaponry, Venezuela used China's "anti-riot" gear to suppress riots, China refuses to help anti-terrorism in Pakistan, not to mention that China has done almost nothing to help resolve Middle-East Crysis.
More like abuser of veto power in my eye
The question is more who is now using their oil other resources, economy and people? And who make them unstable?
When it comes to the south china sea dispute, the UN is as useful as a rubber duck.
I believe the veto power should be reduced from absolute veto, to allow a requirement of just 3 out of the P5. The two-thirds rule could still apply. (9 out of 15, but just allow 3 of the 9 members voting for a resolution be part of the P5).
Then 3:2
just stop the veto power
They veto your suggestion.
@@deadmanslastwish ooof that's so true
Russia, China and the US being permanent members I can understand. But why France and the UK? Why not Germany? Why not India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Nigeria, Congo or Egypt? Why are 4 out of the 5 permanent members Western and only 1 Asian? Why nobody from Latin America or Africa?
The UN was created in 1945 so with context no Germany makes sense
World War 2
Google, I just Want To Comment on Videos, Not Create a Channel Well, I get that, but the plan was not to destroy Germany. That's why they had the marshall plan, to help rebuild a strong Germany as a buffer against the Soviets. So a seat could have been helpful in that regard. But that's not what bugs me. What bugs me is that there is no permanent Latin American, African or Muslim-majority member. That's just not fair. Then again, the fairest would have been if there was no veto power at all.
Well, first because all the 5 permanent members have nuclear weapons!!! Second, because I think that no one in Latin America or Africa has that military power, so no permanent seats for them!!!
I know Brasil doesn't have nuclear weapons!!!
But the thing is, before to get rid of the permanent seat, you need to get rid of the nukes!!!
It's really sad that we have so many wars going on around the Globe, just because 5 people aren't working together to make this planet a better place!!!
google for : Kofi Annan's In larger freedom
I'd rather have a veto, than world war.
You mean a world war caused by the same power casting the veto vote. So it's either veto to get their on way or they start a WW destroying everything on their way? lol
rather have veto than all out nuclear war.
Abdullah Sheikh Veto is a small price to pay vs WW3.
even if the cost is the lives of tens of millions from the 3rd world.
You and I have to accept the reality that other countries will never be equal to these countries: France,UK,USA,Russia and China.
They won WW2 they make the rules.
Abdullah Sheikh the peace between the great powers like US,Russia,UK,France & China is more important than the peace between 3rd world countries like Palestine,Ukraine & Syria.
The suffering of these people is nothing compared to a World War.
Abdullah Sheikh argument over their veto powers? who or what is there to argue?
the only people who can argue over the "veto" are those 5.
The Veto is an understanding between those 5 countries a level of respect for them and them alone.
Its not a UN veto. Its a UNSC veto.
United Nation vs United Nations Security Council, these two are not the same.
UNSC has the real power. the UN is just for show.
What a joke of an organization
sounds like the UN needs a new system
can Britain leave the UN now since we like democracy so much
Tenaki2427 no, bcos you will be single out and they will blockade your business to make it harder to achieve.
The 5 nations are among the most hated countries in the world espesially china usa and russia
Cause they have power🤷♂️
Because any union with both India and Pakistan in it is doomed to fail 🤣
The most imortant is that they intervene other nations politics, culture as a means of Human rights to defend the criminals.
Or don't at all. Cambodia pol pot with help of Vietnam they regain back their normal life
Is AJ+ really financed by Qatar?
Yes. So is CCTV, BBC, and VOA. CCTV being funded by China, BBC being funded by the British (and BBC is surprisingly neutral), VOA being funded by the US.
Aj+ = Al Jazeera for millenials
Yes
"the veto was supposed to reward the countries who carried out the burden of fighting in WWII" ..... you mean colonies of Britain, France and other western countries for example?! :-)....
Remove veto and make the voices count!
so this is why
UNinvolved in peace
This time not need UN for the world 🌍
It is a WWII relic whose main role is to maintain the power hegemony of 50 states. China was actually sponsored by India so even that is not a real membership!
When someone use VETO power, to protect or put a blind eye on agression, that should definitely be rejected, it should serve humanity not some politics who are hungry for power. It's just so sad, that it's misuse cause so much pain and suffering to people and noone seems like giving a s**t.
UN = Usually nothing😂😂😂😂
The Iranian foreign minister emphasized that empowering the Syrian government and providing it with more support were the best ways to counter the US.
Russia, Iran and Turkey have been acting as guarantor states in peace talks for Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan. The three countries have helped set up de-escalation zones across Syria to reduce fighting on the ground.
Only after US President Donald Trump talked of a pullout from Syria in the near future, a new report said the US military had been working on plans to dispatch dozens of additional troops to the northern parts of the Arab state.
Undead Ghandi:
Hold My Beer
lets give all the countries veto power in UN and lets see what happens next
nothing....literally xD
World war
5 elders of UN
Good report..
No the veto is a great thing
agreed
without the veto you wouldn't have these permanent members in the UN. the right to block everything harmful comming your way is the only thing that keeps the US, Russia and China in. And frankly these are also the countries with the most contributions to this organization.
nope. that the worst thing about UN
The United Nations is the ultimate staff meeting device.......
....”Make a memo of that”.....
When was there ever a palestinian state before the oslo accords? What would they be returning to?
They are useless
I don't think we need to give up the veto just amend it. Make it a it like passing a bill if one of the big five vetos it it goes back to the general assambly and if it gets passed by them again it has to go a veto is more suggestion that something is a bad idea and sometimes they might be right and the resolution will be rethought but if it's for bad political reasons then the revote will go and the resolution passed,
😂 they don't get anything done anymore because they're being shot
The Iranian president pointed to the ongoing issues in Syria, including ethnic disputes, foreign support for terrorism and the US presence in the country, adding, “The Americans seek to prevent the Syrian government from taking control of all areas and they even think about partitioning the country.”
He also noted that Israel’s bombardment of the Syrian territories and Tel Avi regime’s support for terrorist groups have exacerbated the ongoing crisis in the country.
Rouhani underlined Iran’s position on Syria, including the need for the settlement of the crisis through dialogue, continuation of anti-terrorism campaign until complete eradication of all terrorist groups, and determination of the future of the country by the Syrian people without any foreign intervention.
The president also pointed to the humanitarian crises across Syria and called on the international community to deliver more aid to the people in the country.
The Ankara summit will be the second such meeting among the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey, as guarantors of ceasefire in Syria. Their first meeting on the issue was held in Russia’s resort city of Sochi on November 22 last year.
-or even another: the old one era/pre-Sirius era Humankind's version.-
Pérez de Cuéllar answers: “Peace will not bring the cessation of all conflict. It will only make conflicts manageable through means other than force or intimidation. . . . The United Nations seeks to train our vision towards that end.” So the only peace that the UN can achieve is control of violence.
Is this really peace with security? True, “membership in the United Nations is open to all . . . peace-loving states.” (Article 4(1)) But will a nation that is peace-loving when it joins the UN stay that way? Governments change, and new rulers bring in new policies. What if a member turns radical, with extreme nationalistic aims and covetous territorial ambitions? And what if it begins arming itself with nuclear and chemical weapons? The United Nations would now have a ticking time bomb on its hands. Yet, as recent events in the Middle East show, such a turn of events may be the very thing to move the nations to empower the UN to remove this threat to their security.
A small county in the Middle East: has a small conflict
The UN: *proceeds to send in entire military*
Russia: Declares War on Ukraine
UN: Nooooo Pleeease Stoop
who thought giving them permanent position a good idea?
i thought absolute power corrupt absolutely?
I think the United Nations should just split and not be a thing if they're not getting anything done then what's the point of them just like a United world country the UN is completely useless
The UN has done so much, did you research this at all? Adding context would've provided the rich history of good that the UN has achieved for the world, both in the past and presently. Once that context was put in place then you could've transitioned into some of its ongoing problems. Or maybe you could've just titled this video better. But you didn't, and now you've got people thinking that one the top three greatest forces for good in the world is "useless."
what did they do? You typed a whole paragraph just to not list any good thing they did.
While the United Nations has intervened in some places and done "good", it is important to understand that the main motivator behind their actions(and inactions) is power. The UN is a decoy for the sophisticated power play going on behind closed doors and orchestrated by the P5. The US is the main source of funding for the United Nations - in 2019 alone, the UN received $11 billion. For context, that's about 1/5th of the funding for the collective UN budget. As we all know, the US has never done anything out of goodwill and it's obvious that they are paying their way through to influencing the "unbiased" organization. The UN has no "Rich history of good" lol. Indeed, it may be quite a shock to you, the United Nations is quite useless. Instead of brining peace and trying to resolve global issues amicably, it has become a showy front for developed countries (P5) to get their way around manipulating the rest of the world. Sometimes their ploy works (you're an example) and while keeping up appearances as an independent organization, they also manage to steer the spotlight away from the actions of their permanent members.
The UN was built to replace the equally tragic League of Nations and quite frankly, it should have ended as quickly. Either the structure of the IGO changes to ensure transparency and equity or we start from scratch to build one that will.
One who is selphish cannot alone make judgement calls and decisions
No country should receive veto power.
at least its end as a veto. not bomb raids
#giveuptheveto
UN needs a reform. Its not 1945 and the world has changed. India and germany need to get a seat and veto has to be removed.
Japan Pakistan. Brazil. Negiria
(because that Real Life organization is no UCN(/UCA) (for an example) at least.
let alone those Overrated UEG/(UNSC)/CAA Fanboys' from haLo)....
the world is more than five
It’s maybe 12 important ones. Nobody really cares about the others except when trying to win their support, likely against one of the other 11.
Palestine’s Hamas resistance movement has urged the Arab League to file a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel over its recent killings of over a dozen Palestinians during anti-occupation mass rallies in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh made the request during a phone conversation with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Monday.
Haniyeh’s call for an ICC investigation came after the death toll from Friday’s Israeli attacks on Palestinian protesters along the border fence between Gaza and the occupied territories rose to 18.
The Palestinian Health Ministry updated the number of the fatalities, after 29-year-old protester Fares al-Raqib succumbed to his wounds.
On Friday, around 30,000 Gazans marched to the fence with the occupied lands at the start of a six-week protest, dubbed “The Great March of Return,” demanding the right to return for Palestinians driven out of their homeland.
We need a permanent global gov't.
To UN please remove Veto...
thank you. this video is amazing
It's time to give up the UN itself.
Paletine would be a very diferent place if its leaders decide to live and let live in peace.
of course is time to finish the veto power, it is not fair at all .
Who are the five largest arms manufactures and exporters in the world?
Why it's the five permanent members of the security council. Fancy that, so they now have a vested interest in not stopping conflict, as conflict is good for their GDP.
Replace the UK put the reunited republic of ireland
Doesn't sound like the UN's fault but our own governments'.
The time to kick the UN out of the US was 70 years ago.
What's the name of the music in the beginning of the video?
Close the UN.
I wanna see the circus
The nations will veto the act to remove veto 😎
veto always will be by one way or another.. where is the difference -- votes of pawn states or veto as well???
Looks like they learnt nothing from the failure of LON
Summary of this video: UN don’t give a shit
if there were no vetoes then terrible regimes like pakistan, Saudi Arabia could come together and vote as a group
And of course they would make up the majority out of the almost 200 countries...
how do you know that was terrible? if 'one of permanent member' didn't interfere their internal issue, terrorist will never go up like now.
Not until they get nukes
So that, they are called United Nothing
Scrap the UN
UN Peacekeeping: :Save Myanmar NUG.
Why is China and Russia on there?
I dont like the veto power but what if whe absolve it? Then whe might get a security council that is mostly muslim and then votes to absolve isreal en send the jews back ( or something crazy like that ) the point is that i dont whant saudi arabia to have the same amount of power as the US and Britain.
A toothless lion
Not give it up completely but to reshape it. For example for a veto to take effect two others have to approve, etc.
MOST DEFINITELY !
is it time to blow up the aj+ headquarters
This Vetoing in the UN is great, I mean there is nothing more democratic, there 2 different sides with strong different point of view and interests there should be no veto saying yes or go for something when it is not acceptable for everyone in very serious questions.
And I do not know why people with own personal political interests should have the rights to make wins in a civil war in another county, not only in Syria also so many other countries specially today in the Ukraine this country is bleeding out, because of that fact, Russia wants to keep this military and economical and Europa/USA loves the new capitalistic and total corrupted people of the Ukraine sitting on so many unused resources they all yearning for.
Are we paying for this sht?
united nations ...washington and tel aviv's lawyers
Israel's capital is Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv
Although Israel owns the majority of media or bribe-takers at remaining outlets, it is loosing the war on truth for a while now. So it pushes every button to sell you the big lie. Their latest online attempts to convince the masses that the wrong is right is being done by a ‘war-room‘ inhabited by students prostituting their conscience to harass you online with dictated crap:
Useless
uuh NO. Thanxs anyways
If we the 5 contries didn't participate in ww2 thet wouldn't have veto power along ww2 would be lost jews wouldnt exist also but to be honest the wouldn't participate so who poland got invaded germany would have got all of poland as ussr wouldnt have particpated in the war also thr allies wouldnt declare war also germany woulnt have invaded the ussr cause that would make the participate you make it sound like the contries gad a choice you made sound like the axus should have won ww2 as the world wiuld be better off your insane if you think that
Veto powers
UN leaks
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has slammed unauthorized military presence of foreign forces in Syria, calling for an end to such “illegal” intervention.
“From our viewpoint, the presence of foreign forces in Syria without authorization of the country's government is illegal and must be stopped,” Rouhani said in Tehran on Tuesday ahead of his flight to the Turkish capital city of Ankara.
Why should we change the UN security council just because the states that could always veto are vetoing things you like?
No because nothing major or urgent can ever get done as long as these five keep vetoing everything. It's like giving someone in the gouvernment a permanent place which you can't vote for or against and everytime the elected president wants to do something he must have it approved by that guy before he can lift a finger. It's essentially a less agressive dictatorship. It's not representative of the world and only serves those who have the right to veto.
Abdullah Sheikh Korean war was voted on by the UN. It passed. Why? The Soviet Union did not show to the meeting to veto the vote. We went to war because a permanent member was not there to veto a vote. It prevents wars, not peace.
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It prevents everything. Not just war and not just peace but both. Any action that has two opposing interests will be vetoed by someone and that's the problem. Finding common ground between enemies is almost impossible which is why change is beyond difficult for such an organization to support. For better or worse. Not that it matters since none of these nations actually give a shit what the UN has to say as it's unable to show resistance anyway because somebody will veto that too.
Kazuya Mishima
The USA should leave the UN, honestly. It is holding us back and costing us more than its worth.
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If the states best interest is to leave I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate. Since they didn't then that must mean they have something to gain.