The Problem With the UN Veto Power | NowThis World

The permanent 5 members of the UN Security Council have a unique power. It’s their right to veto. But how has it’s implementation failed to address humanitarian crises around the world? » Subscribe to NowThis World: » Watch the Previous Episode: Though even the United Nation’s fiercest critics admit the UN has done a lot of good around the world, the United Nations has also been accused of being complicit in corruption, tangled in bureaucracy, and increasingly reactive rather than proactive in addressing the world’s crises. It’s also been accused of failing to act to prevent genocides in places including Rwanda in 1994, Bosnia in 1995, and Darfur, Sudan in the early 2000s.
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