In Focus-Parley | Should permanent membership and veto powers of the UN Security Council be abolished?
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In Focus-Parley | Should permanent membership and veto powers of the UN Security Council be abolished?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 24, 202636 min
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  • Politics

In the ongoing session of the UN General Assembly, France has made a proposal to enhance the functioning of the UN, especially in dealing with the requirement for collective security and the use of veto. France has been advocating that the use of veto in the UN Security Council should be “regulated” when it comes to dealing with humanitarian criss, like in Sudan or in Lebanon or genocide. France believes that the use of veto is not a matter of “privilege” and that it is a matter of “responsibility”. Guests: Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Dean of School of Internationa...

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Kalvul, I think you need to go into the roots of the Macron proposal, which he articulated in the UNGA on the 22nd of September.

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This is In Focus, the Hindu's current affairs podcast. Security Council should be regulated when it comes to dealing with cases of genocide or serious humanitarian crisis like in Sudan or in Lebanon. France believes that the use of veto is not a matter of privilege and that it is a matter

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of responsibility. In this backdrop today, we are discussing whether it is realistic to expect that members of the UN Security Council will voluntarily one day limit or regulate the use of veto the UN Security Council. To discuss this matter, today I am joined by Professor Amitabh Bhattu,

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Dean of the School of International Studies of J by the big five, the P5, the permanent Security Council members, would be our reality one day. Kalvul, I think you need to go into the roots of the Macron proposal, which he articulated in the UNGA on the 22nd of September. It's not entirely new. What we are seeing is really a renewed push behind the, what used to be called a French Mexican initiative,

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