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Maldives’ representative backed Palestine’s UN admission, demanded action to stop the genocide (media.mas.to)
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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I'm no politics expert, but the voting system in the security Council and the UN sounds like bullshit to me. How can one vote defy 193 others? "hey, let me commit a genocide and whenever you vote to stop it, I'll just veto it"

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

The countries with the veto are, with the possible exception of the UK, the countries that the UN can't touch anyway. If anything, I'm happy they are stating the double standards explicitly.

[–] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

i hope the world never forgives the biden regime for this genocide. death to the settler colony!