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.

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[–] 43 points 2 months ago (15 children)

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.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (14 children)

    So what is the point of it then? Small country roes something terrible, they get condemned. US murders people without any oversight.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Because getting small countries to stop helps reduce war deaths.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    Who gets the big countries to stop killing the small countries?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    No one. That's supposed to be NATO's job.

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