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UN Scandals (cont)
Veto Power
Five permanent nations
• The five permanent members enjoy the luxury of veto power
• The Council resolution cannot be adopted when a permanent member vetoes a vote.
• On July 19th, 2012, The Security Council attempted to evoke chapter VII sanctions from the United Nations Charter
• But China and Russia vetoed
• 60,000 civilians have been killed
• Thousands more displaced.
Child Sex Abuse Scandal
• Many nations plead for support from the United Nations
• The blue helmets of UN peacekeepers represent stability and safety.
• In the 1990s, peacekeeping forces saw a rapid rise in child prostitution.
• Senior officials in the United Nations refused to condemn the peacekeepers
Sri Lanka
• The fighting forced 196,000 people to flee, and trapped over 50,000 civilians.
• the United Nations made no attempts to intervene on behalf of the civilian population
• From January to April of 2009, over 6,500 civilians were killed in this so-called “safe-zone”
Nuclear Proliferation
Terrorism
• These terrorist acts continued throughout the remainder of the twentieth century, with no reaction from the UN
The 9/11 terrorist attacks,
• UN finally took action, outlawing terrorism and punishing those responsible for the attacks.
• But it only applied only to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Conclusion