Calls to reform UN Security Council after US vetoes Gaza ceasefire

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Calls to reform UN Security Council after US vetoes Gaza ceasefire
aljazeera.com

Calls are growing for the UN Security Council to be reformed after the US became the only member to use its veto power to block a Gaza ceasefire resolution, a move welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The UN chief says he will keep pushing for peace.

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We should protect our veto

The countries that currently have a veto make less sense the way the world is developing.

France and the UK have a veto, but Germany doesn't? China has a veto but India doesn't?

I get that it's based on historic disputes after the war, but it doesn't fit the current world well.

If the UN isn't reformed, there's nothing stopping these rising states from starting their own UN

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