June 2026
Canada must strengthen international rule of law by curbing UN Security Council veto abuses. The UN's effectiveness is undermined by repeated misuse of veto power in Sudan crisis.
June 2026
The UN Security Council's veto power blocks ceasefire resolutions. The P5's dominance undermines global governance and peacekeeping efforts.
March 2023
Bill Pearce argues that misuse of the UN Security Council veto, most recently by Russia over Ukraine, has paralyzed the Council on grave threats to peace. He proposes seeking an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legality of such vetoes as a route to reform that does not require amending the Charter.
December 2023
World Federalists advocate for fundamental changes to the UN system, arguing that the Security Council's structure is inherently undemocratic. The article details how the veto power of the P5 members stifles global progress, preventing effective world policy from coming to fruition.
June 2024
The veto power of the United Nations Security Council is arguably among the most contentious aspects of the UN system. This article examines an initiative to delimit the use of the veto, proposing an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on limitations during alleged atrocity crimes.
December 2018
The article examines current challenges to addressing atrocity crimes, noting that the international community has struggled to uphold the principle of 'never again.' It argues that despite the existence of hard law obligations like the Genocide Convention, political obstacles, including the use of the veto, undermine global justice efforts.
June 2019
Dr. Tawanda Hondora introduces himself as the incoming Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement Institute for Global Policy, outlining his priorities: strengthening the International Criminal Court against U.S. sanctions, reforming the UN Security Council, and engaging the corporate sector and youth in multilateral advocacy. He warns that rising nationalism and the P5's self-interested use of the Security Council demand renewed civil society pressure for global governance reform.
June 2019
The Workable World Trust uses Model United Nations conferences to introduce Joe Schwartzberg's Security Council reform proposal, which replaces the five-member veto system with 12 regional blocs and weighted voting across all 193 UN member states. A pilot at Mexico City's MIMUN 2019 found that students debating under the reform model produced a unanimous resolution, while reverting to traditional rules saw P5 veto power block the same measure.
