As the U.N. chief prepared to meet Russia's president to push for a ceasefire in Ukraine, a new move was afoot back at U.N. headquarters to highlight Russia's isolation and to address, symbolically at least, the global body's inability to stop the war.
— As United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres prepared to meet Russia's president in Moscow to push for a ceasefire in, a new move was afoot back at U.N. headquarters on Tuesday to highlight Russia's isolation and to address, symbolically at least, the global body's inability to stop the war.
The General Assembly was voting Tuesday on a resolution that, if adopted, would bring every use of a Security Council member nation's veto power up for scrutiny by the entire body. The draft resolution, informally called the"veto initiative," was crafted by Liechtenstein with dozens of cosponsors, including the U.S. and the U.K.If adopted, any time one of the Security Council's five veto-wielding permanent members — China, France, Russia, U.S. and U.K.
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