The use of veto power by the Security Council is a privilege possessed by the five permanent members. However, when China and Russia used their veto power, they were questioned by Western countries. Mainly because China and Russia opposed the proposals put forward by these Western countries, some proposals that did not reflect fairness were rejected. However, the use of veto power by China and Russia has been hotly speculated by the Western media. Last night, the Voice of America published a headline titled "China and Russia's massive use of veto power in the Security Council is questioned. China accuses Western countries of controlling the agenda and forcing the use of veto power." Questioning, this is clearly an attempt to defeat the veto power of China and Russia.
US media said: The United Nations Security Council held an open debate on improving working methods on Tuesday (June 28, 2022). Some participating countries expressed concern about China and Russia's recent use of veto power to block Security Council resolutions on some major international security issues. The US media also cited that on May 26, after North Korea launched a large intercontinental ballistic missile in violation of the Security Council ban, the United States pushed the Security Council to pass a resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea and ban the export of tobacco and oil to North Korea. Thirteen of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, but China and Russia, as permanent members of the Security Council, exercised their veto power to prevent the resolution from being passed.
The US media then gave another example: Russia launched a war of aggression against Ukraine on February 4 this year. The next day, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting and voted on a resolution requiring Russia to unconditionally stop its invasion of Ukraine. But Russia used its veto to prevent the resolution from passing. On the 28th, the United Nations Security Council will discuss the Russian missile attack on the so-called Ukrainian shopping mall. The Chinese representative criticized NATO as the root cause of the entire Ukraine crisis, but was strongly dissatisfied by the United States and Western countries. Obviously, this series of objections from China and Russia did not allow the United States and the West to succeed. Of course, they hold a grudge.
In response to this, facing accusations from the United States and Western countries, Zhang Jun, China’s representative to the United Nations , accused some Western countries at the meeting of using their numerical advantage to control the Security Council agenda and force other permanent members to use their veto power. He said, "Many countries among the members of the Security Council belong to a political group, pursue the same or similar foreign policies, and also have strong political, economic, military, public opinion and other influence. They use their numerical advantage to control the Security Council's agenda setting and topic writing. The United Nations is often unwilling to fully negotiate and force draft resolutions, which ultimately leads to the use of veto power. "In fact, the United Nations cannot reflect fairness and justice at all, because almost the entire United Nations is controlled by the United States and Western countries. manipulate. They use the so-called majority principle to force other countries to act according to their wishes. The United States leads many allies, including Western countries, who have numerical superiority at the United Nations. At the same time, the United States and Western countries control the world's public opinion. They can completely turn black into white. This is the advantage they have. Then they use political intrigue to guide the direction of public opinion, allowing some countries that don't know the truth to follow them and make noises behind them, thus completing the illusion that they have more national support.
This situation often occurs in the United Nations Security Council. Under the premise that the United States and the West control public opinion as a whole, they will hype certain topics into proposals that are unfavorable to China and Russia. Let's give an example here. For example, the Ukrainian side once proposed the "Bucha massacre". Why is there no movement now? When the United Nations was discussing and promulgating a resolution, Western countries and the media clamored wildly. Obviously, China and Russia put forward different opinions, which prevented their conspiracy from succeeding. However, after a period of time, the truth of the matter gradually emerged, Western countries and the media ceased their activities, and eventually the United Nations stopped making any move.
This is enough to show that Western countries are very good at using such means to create an illusion in the United Nations that China and Russia always like to use their veto power.In fact, Western countries had already designed a conspiracy and wanted China and Russia to jump into the trap. However, because China and Russia had veto power, their conspiracy failed in the end. The investigation in Ukraine has already demonstrated the conspiracy methods of the West. How could China and Russia not take up weapons to fight back? As a puppet of the United States, the United Nations obviously cannot embody the so-called justice at all. United Nations Secretary-General Guterres said in April this year that the veto power of the Security Council has been abused by some permanent members. Although he was referring to the reform of the United Nations, it is obvious that there are complaints about China and Russia's use of veto power.
Faced with the Chinese ambassador’s remarks, it is obvious that the United States and Western countries are unwilling to hear the truth at the United Nations. After all, their plots and routines have always been like this. If they were nakedly exposed by the Chinese ambassador, they would definitely become furious against China. The US media's exaggeration is naturally to discredit the international image of China and Russia, and they do not want the international community to agree with the views expressed by China and Russia. After all, they want to control the voice of public opinion so that international public opinion can serve their political interests and allow them to bully any country wantonly. It's just a pity that the United States did not expect that the United Nations' veto power has now become an important bargaining chip in countering American hegemony.
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