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truthful and unapologetic
the preamble says that all nations small
or large
are equal
are we equal when it comes to the
permanent seats
no we're not equal
the preamble states in writing that all
nations are equal
whether they are small or large
do we have the right to veto veto are we
equal
the preamble says that we have equal
rights
whether we are large or small
that is what is stated and what we
agreed in the preamble
so the veto contradicts the charter
the permanent seeds contradict the
charter we neither accept nor
recognize the veto
the preamble of the charter states that
armed force shall not be used save in
the common
interests that is the preamble that we
agreed to and signed
and we joined the united nations because
we wanted the charter to reflect that
it says that arm4 shall only be used in
the common interests of all nations
but what has happened since then
65 wars have broken out since the
establishment of the united nations and
security council
65 since their creation with the
millions more victims than the second
world war
are those wars and the aggression and
force that were used in those 65 wars
in in the common interest of us all no
they were in the interest of one or
three or four countries but not of all
nations
we will talk about whether those
wars were in the interests of
one country or of all nations
that flagrantly contradicts the charge
of the united nations that we signed
and unless we act in accordance with the
charge of the united nations to which we
all agreed
we will reject it
and not be afraid not to speak
diplomatically to anyone
now we are talking about the future of
the united nations
there should be no hypocrisy or
diplomacy
because it concerns the important and
vital issue of the future of the world
it was hypocrisy that brought about 65
wars since the establishment of the
united nations
the preamble also states that if armed
forces
is used it must be a united nations
force
that's military intervention
intervention by the united nations with
the
joint agreement of the united nations
not one or two or three countries using
armed force
the entire united nations will decide to
go to war to maintain international
peace and security
since the establishment of the united
nations in 1945
if there's an act of aggression by one
country against another the entire
united nations should deter and stop
that act
if a country
libya for instance
were to exhibit aggression against
france
then the entire organization would
respond because france is a sovereign
state
member of the united nations
and we all share the collective
responsibility to prevent protect the
sovereignty of all nations
however 65 aggressive wars have taken
place without any united nations action
to prevent them
eight other massive fierce wars whose
victims number some two million have
been waged by member states that enjoy
veto powers
those countries would have us believe
they seek to maintain the sovereignty
and independence of peoples
actually use aggressive force against
peoples
while we would like to believe that
these countries want to work for peace
and security in the world and protect
peoples
they have instead resorted to
aggressive wars and hostile behavior
enjoying the veto they granted
themselves as permanent members of the
security council they have initiated
wars to claim millions of victims
the
principle of non-interference in the
internal affairs of states is enshrined
in the charter of the united nations
no country therefore has the right to
interfere in the affairs of any
government
be it democratic or dictatorial
democratic dictatorial socialist or
capitalist
reactionary
or progressive
this is the responsibility of each
society
it is an internal matter for the people
of the country concerned
the senators of rome once appointed
their leader julius caesar as dictator
because it was good for rome at that
time
no one can say of rome the at that time
that it gave caesar the veto
the veto is not mentioned in the charter
we joined the united nations because we
thought we were equals
only to find that one country can object
to all the decisions we make
who gave the permanent members their
status in the security council
four of them granted this status to
themselves
the only country that we in this
assembly elected to a permanent member
status and security council is china
this was done democratically
but the other seats were imposed upon us
in an undemocratically through a
dictatorial procedure carried out
against our will and we should not
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