>>I really don't know. It is a pity that the UN doesn't have the power to enforce resolutions, and, of course, the resolutions are supposed to be enforced.
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>All it takes is one of the permanent members to veto any action. The UN is the only "democratic" entity where majority votes do not pass. I would settle for two-thirds majority instead of a simple majority requirement to pass resolutions.
Yes, that is one of its major weaknesses.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
