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Topic: Security Council

The United Nations Security Council chamber in session

Wednesday, 6/24, 01:35 AM

How the UN Security Council veto works, and why it won't go away quietly

A single 'no' from any of five countries can stop the world's most powerful diplomatic body in its tracks.
Here is the mechanism behind the UN Security Council veto, its 1945 origins, who has used it most, and the long-running fight over whether to change it.

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