General Assembly (GA)

           General Assembly (GA)

Topic:                                    Remain of the Veto Power in the Security Council

ROOM: 301

Chair: Ramírez Dorantes Sofía, Romero Martínez Eduardo y Ortiz Zehenny Manuel Rodolfo

The five permanent members of the Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States) enjoy the privilege of veto power.This power has been intensely controversial since the drafting of the UN Charter in 1945. The United States and Russia would probably not have accepted the creation of the United Nations without the veto privilege. Fifty years later, the debate on the existence and use of the veto continues, reinvigorated by many cases of veto-threat as well as actual veto use. 
The veto power only gives more power to the Permanent 5, allowing them to vote against solutions that they don't agree on. This gives them the chance to technically rule over all the other countries that don't have veto power. Many world leaders are calling to an end to this, as it does not allow the majority of countries to gain more power in the international community. 

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_veto_power

http://www.jpost.com/International/World-leaders-call-for-end-of-United-Nations-veto-power-376443

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/crimea-invasion-why-un-veto-go-20143554242372959.html

https://www.globalpolicy.org/security-council/security-council-as-an-institution/the-power-of-the-veto-0-40.html