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kentuck

(111,102 posts) Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:54 PM Mar 2022

UN Security Council Holds Meeting

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UN Security Council Holds Meeting (Original Post) kentuck Mar 2022 OP

What's the purpose ? Beachnutt Mar 2022 #1

Nothing will happen in the Security Council because Russia has a veto vote. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #2

How does Russia have a veto vote when it was granted to the USSR? ck4829 Mar 2022 #3

Perhaps they intend to... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #4

That's a good question. There was never a formal vote by the U.N. General assembly to transfer PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #5

It would be ironic Metaphorical Mar 2022 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2022 #7

There's a shocker (NOT) - Russia vetoed the resolution. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #8

Beachnutt

(7,324 posts)

1. What's the purpose ?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:56 PM

Mar 2022

Will any action come from this or just another vote ?

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. Nothing will happen in the Security Council because Russia has a veto vote. n/t

Reply to Beachnutt (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:09 PM

Mar 2022

ck4829

(35,077 posts)

3. How does Russia have a veto vote when it was granted to the USSR?

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:15 PM

Mar 2022

Wasn't Ukraine a part of the USSR when the USSR was a member? So shouldn't it have veto power too?

2naSalit

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4. Perhaps they intend to...

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:22 PM

Mar 2022

remedy that now.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

5. That's a good question. There was never a formal vote by the U.N. General assembly to transfer

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:23 PM

Mar 2022

the permanent membership seat on the Security Council from the USSR to The Russian Federation - Ukraine did recently mention this issue.

Metaphorical

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6. It would be ironic

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:24 PM

Mar 2022

If at the end of all of this, Ukraine was recognized as the legal Russia, and the Russian Federation was not.

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Mary in S. Carolina This message was self-deleted by its author.

PoliticAverse

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8. There's a shocker (NOT) - Russia vetoed the resolution. n/t

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 03:51 PM

Mar 2022

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