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Re: UN - One member - one vote
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Originally Posted by Fozmonster
I think this requires legitimate discussion.
There are five permanent members of the UN security council:
US
UK
France
Russia
China
These countries all have differing political viewpoints, and one veto can kill a resolution. This is NOT democratic.
In order to further democracy of the world, wouldn't it be better if the UN adaopted a one member - one vote system. Countries can then decide what is in their own national interest and vote accordingly, with the democratically 'elected' resolution enforced. Every member must commit 10% of its armed forces to the UN mandate.
This way the UN would become a much more effective body.
Thoughts?
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Well, although I do not approve of the present five nation veto system, but not for the same reason as you, I would need to ask whether International Politics has anything to do with Democracy. Democracy applies to people, not to States.
I would therefore argue that it would be very undemocratic to have one vote for one State - or at least - if we were to follow your idea - this vote should be compounded by the size of the population of each State.
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