Turkiye calls for UN Security Council veto to end: Could it happen?
Summary
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for ending the veto power held by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). He argues that this veto power is unfair and blocks the council from addressing major global conflicts like the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.Key Facts
- The UNSC has five permanent members with veto power: the US, UK, France, Russia, and China.
- Any one of these members can block a resolution, even if all others agree.
- President Erdogan wants to remove veto power and change the UNSC to have all members elected by the UN General Assembly for fixed terms.
- Changing the veto system requires approval from two-thirds of the UN member states, including agreement from all five permanent members.
- The US has vetoed seven resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the last three years.
- Russia has used its veto to block resolutions on the war in Ukraine.
- France and Mexico proposed that permanent members voluntarily suspend veto use in cases of mass atrocities like genocide.
- This French-Mexican initiative has support from 128 UN member states but is non-binding and depends on voluntary cooperation.
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