The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia – collectively known as the E-10 – received 14 votes in favour, with the US casting the lone vote against.
As one of the council’s five permanent members, the US holds veto power – a negative vote that automatically blocks any resolution from going forward.
Had it been adopted, the draft would have demanded “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza” to be respected by all parties.
Three of the five permanent members are bloody fascist regimes. The fourth isn’t far behind, and the fifth is far from clean. (Look at the mess that Haiti has been left in).
At this point, I really don’t see any other course forward but to start over.
If you remember that the UN was founded in response to fascist-made war, this is rather discouraging.
Israel and the usa voted no for condemning russian agression on ukraine it didn’t stop europe and canada for doing their best to help ukraine
Those resolutions are useless. Europe and canada refuse to do their job against the genocide despite the usa losing day by day influence
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it’s obviously genocide joe’s fault
Oh, did this start January 20th? That’s probably news to Gazans.
we voted him out, so it stoped on 1/20, right?
TIL two people can’t do the same thing.
it’s everone giving them the weapons and diplomatic cover to do so; joe included.
Really frustrating is this is in no way the first veto USA has done.
Shithole country.
Corporate dictatorship
No, it’s a government of and by the people, so the people are shit.
All of them.
Including me.
well … do better?
I have done everything everyone has told me will influence this for a quarter cebtury and it hasn’t worked.
Username doesn’t check out boomer
Sounds like next there should be fourteen votes in favor of ignoring what the US wants now and moving forward.
There is a mechanism to remove a country from the Security Council:
“A Member of the United Nations who has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.”
And the US would have to abstain from the vote since they are a party in the matter. But first you need to get enough of the other members to vote to remove them in the Security Council, and not veto it beforehand, followed by the General Assembly.
Trumps burning goodwill but I still don’t the US getting removed from the Security Council anytime soon.
Ngl, as a US citizen, the US should lose it’s place in the UN until it starts acting like a country led by adults capable of empathy.
The UN Security Council. Same with Russia.
I don’t think it applies to permanent members.
That portion doesn’t say that but I didnt read the entire UN Charter so you could be correct.
The permanent member of the security council about to be expelled: mmm, veto.
Thought exercise: the US government has greatly enabled the Gaza genocide. If another 9/11 happened in the US and it was attributed to Palestinians, would anyone feel like we weren’t all reaping exactly what we’ve sown? Or that it was at all unfair? I cant imagine newscasters would be analyzing “why did they attack us?”
That’s what people said about 9/11 before 9/11 happened
I recommend reading Blowback. The author had to adjust the forward to say “I told you so” after 9/11 happened