UN Scandals (cont)

Veto Power

Five permanent nations

• The five permanent members enjoy the luxury of veto power

• The Council resolution cannot be adopted when a permanent member vetoes a vote.

• On July 19th, 2012, The Security Council attempted to evoke chapter VII sanctions from the United Nations Charter

• But China and Russia vetoed

• 60,000 civilians have been killed

• Thousands more displaced.

Child Sex Abuse Scandal

• Many nations plead for support from the United Nations

• The blue helmets of UN peacekeepers represent stability and safety.

• In the 1990s, peacekeeping forces saw a rapid rise in child prostitution.

• Senior officials in the United Nations refused to condemn the peacekeepers

Sri Lanka

• The fighting forced 196,000 people to flee, and trapped over 50,000 civilians.

• the United Nations made no attempts to intervene on behalf of the civilian population

• From January to April of 2009, over 6,500 civilians were killed in this so-called “safe-zone”

Nuclear Proliferation

Terrorism

• These terrorist acts continued throughout the remainder of the twentieth century, with no reaction from the UN

The 9/11 terrorist attacks,

• UN finally took action, outlawing terrorism and punishing those responsible for the attacks.

• But it only applied only to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Conclusion