Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 27 days agoZelenskyy: We Gave Away Our Nuclear Weapons and Got Full-Scale War and Death in Returnunited24media.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down111
arrow-up1441arrow-down1external-linkZelenskyy: We Gave Away Our Nuclear Weapons and Got Full-Scale War and Death in Returnunited24media.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down2·27 days agoWe did hold up our end. We brought it before the UNSC, Russia vetoed any proposal. That was our agreement, Russia did not hold up theirs. This is why the VETO power needs to go.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·27 days agoUnfortunately, without the veto power I expect the nuclear-armed countries would just leave the UN and it would lose what little usefulness it still has.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-225 days agoTest that argument and build something better if it holds true? Btw, peer pressure works on countries too!
We did hold up our end.
We brought it before the UNSC, Russia vetoed any proposal. That was our agreement, Russia did not hold up theirs.
This is why the VETO power needs to go.
Unfortunately, without the veto power I expect the nuclear-armed countries would just leave the UN and it would lose what little usefulness it still has.
Test that argument and build something better if it holds true?
Btw, peer pressure works on countries too!