... French President Francois Hollande on September 24, 2013, at the 68th session of the UN General Assembly. He called upon the permanent members of the UN Security Council to define a “code of good conduct” amid the situation in Syria and together renounce their veto powers in the event of a mass crime. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius later explained that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council could agree to regulate the veto instrument voluntarily, in which case no amendments to the UN ...
... created. As the distance between the crater and plumes
was from 320 m to 1.3 km, it is hard to believe that images of Khan Shaykhun
from 3 April included the spot where a day later a crater would appear and did
not include the area 320 m away.
Andrey Kortunov:
Liberum Veto and the Monkey and the Pea
But no matter why
JIM was so selective in
using evidence, the satellite images can only confirm that there was no crater
on the road during daylight on 3 April. This leaves at least around 12 hours
available for creation ...
... possibility. The logic of the Big Three is understandable: start with voluntary restrictions and you can end up with an actual withdrawal of the veto power as a whole.
A multitude of other options exist to reduce the dependence of the practical work of the UN on the veto power of the permanent members of the Security Council. Some suggest extending the powers of the UN Secretary General. Others talk of resurrecting the now dormant Military Staff Committee. And still others believe that the solution to the problem ...
... France's President François Holland at the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2013 to his UNSC counterparts using the context of Syria, when he implied that
they should elaborate a
code of good conduct
and jointly renounce their veto powers in the event of a mass crime. Soon French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius supplied some details: the five UNSC permanent members should agree on the voluntary regulation of veto powers, which can allegedly be done without any amendments to ...
