UN Security Council to meet at 9 p.m. EST

[EarthFirst]

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[JohnSJ]

1. and most likely they will condemn Russia, and Russia will veto it. I have seen this movie before

[at140]

5. Bingo! nt

[Hugin]

8. How did Russia get grandfathered into the USSR's veto.

I know you're correct, but, why?

[JohnSJ]

11. After WWII, they were one of the permanent members of the security council because they were

one of the major world powers after WWII who were on the winning side

[Hugin]

12. Yes, technically that was the Soviet Union...

Which, ironically, included at the time Ukraine and several of the now NATO member nations.

So, how come only Russia retains the veto?

I know, you don't have any answer to that either. I'm thinking out loud.

[tritsofme]

15. They sent a letter to the Secretary General, no one objected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_the_United_Nations

[Hugin]

19. It looks like maybe some objections were in order.

Interesting. Thanks for the lesson.

I suppose it was due to Russia being in the nuke club.

[SheltieLover]

2. Kick them out of UN!

[former9thward]

7. Security Council members can't be kicked out.

[SheltieLover]

10. Write an exception

[former9thward]

14. Who?

Only the SC can approve changes and those would be vetoed.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Bounce Russia out of the UN until they can behave.

They can stuff their veto.

[SheltieLover]

4. Absofuckingloutely!

[at140]

6. Russia has veto power

Russia will just veto such resolution and will be joined by China.
The UN charter is such, they can not expel the veto powered members, is how I understand it.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Shame. They disgrace the United Nations.

[blogslug]

13. I think this is the live Youtube feed

[Amishman]

16. This underscores how toothless the UN is

Only the security council has any power, and anything involving a major power is pointless as well because of the veto

[dalton99a]

17. It is useless now - with lawless bullies Russia and China having veto power

[UTUSN]

18. K&R