President JoeBiden makes his long-shot UN Security Council reform pitch
But Biden's words do not guarantee action as Russian President Vladimir Putin undermines the U.N. and its organ for international peace and security with threats that could escalate the invasion into a nuclear conflict.During his address, Biden urged the U.N. Security Council's permanent members of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to use their veto powers only"in rare, extraordinary situations to ensure that the council remains credible and effective.
"It’s obviously a strategic move at a time when the U.S. is trying to gain allies in Ukraine and should give that issue some momentum," the director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies's Human Rights Initiative told the Washington Examiner."However, Security Council reform is also a dangerous path because while mostly everyone agrees on the principle, the details are incredibly tough and inevitably will lead to strife.
"It’s a proposal that has been kicked around for years but never goes anywhere," Schaefer said."I first wrote about it in 1997." "I've never had high expectations for the U.N. in dealing with truly difficult issues where permanent members of the Security Council are at each other's throats," said Herbst, the senior director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center."Obviously, it can have effect on the legitimacy of the institution. ... There's no question the U.N. is a necessary institution, just not a panacea.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the BBC that Security Council reform discussions would"take place over the course of the next weeks and year."
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