Eleven More Countries Support UN Security Council Veto Limitation Proposal

Eleven additional countries have endorsed a French-led initiative to restrict the use of veto powers in the UN Security Council during cases of mass atrocities. The proposal aims to make it more difficult for the five permanent Security Council members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States - to block resolutions addressing mass atrocities by requiring them to justify their vetoes publicly. France is working to secure the remaining eleven votes needed to advance the initiative and hopes to achieve this goal by September. The UN Security Council's five permanent members currently hold veto power over all substantive resolutions, a privilege they have maintained since the organization's founding in 1945.