The Security Council Breakdown 🇺🇳

The UN was founded after WWII to prevent World War III. Its most powerful body is the UNSC (Security Council), responsible for maintaining peace. It has 5 Permanent Members (P5): USA, Russia, China, UK, France. Each has 'Veto Power'—the ability to block ANY resolution, even if everyone else agrees.

This structure is often criticized as 'Paralyzed'. In modern conflicts where P5 members are on opposite sides (e.g., Ukraine, Gaza), the council frequently fails to pass meaningful resolutions because one side always uses their Veto.

Reformists argue the UN needs to expand the P5 to include powers like India, Brazil, or African nations to reflect the modern world, not the world of 1945. Yet, the current P5 are unlikely to voluntarily dilute their own power.