| #10 The organization of the UNSC should be that only countries that are economically strong, militarily strong, and willing to commit significant forces to UN peacekeeping roles should both be members and have veto power. This would mean a guaranteed commitment of an *equivalent* of either direct military support, money, or requested equipment. If everyone who was willing participated, this would mean the US, Russia, China, India, Japan, and the EU. If you don't pay the ante, you can't play the game. Unless you have economic power, military power and a willingness to commit forces, then you have no veto. This would mean, say, if there was a genocide in Africa, Russia and India would *lose* their veto unless they were willing to send forces there. Then a simple majority, 4 of six, could vote to send in forces. This would mean that no commitments would be made without adequate force, equipment and money to back it up. |
US officials have warned Japan, India, Germany and Brazil that they will not support their bids to join the UN Security Council unless they agree not to ask for veto power, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing senior diplomats and administration officials. The current five permanent Security Council members - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia, the victors of World War II - each have veto power in council decisions dating back to the creation of the United Nations in September 1945. Officials in the administration of President George W Bush fear that giving the new members veto power might paralyse the Security Council, the Times reported.