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Security Council meeting on “maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine” at UN Headquarters. Meeting was attended by foreign ministers of all Security Council members as well as from Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Czech Republic and Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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UN weaknesses threaten global rule of law

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council’s right to veto decisions – often in their own interests – and their laxity in implementing reform proposals are among the…

  • William Gumede
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