The UN has adopted a rule to automatically trigger a General Assembly meeting if any of the Security Council's 5 veto-wielding members use that power to block a resolution — which Russia has a history of doing.
Members of the UN Security Council meet to discuss the war in Ukraine at the UN on April 19 in New York City. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Imageson Tuesday to adopt a rule that would automatically trigger a General Assembly meeting if any of the Security Council's five veto-wielding members use that power to block a resolution.
The measure is meant to put more scrutiny on Russia, which has a history of using its veto power to unilaterally stop Security Council resolutions. Russia earlier this year"We are particularly concerned by Russia’s shameful pattern of abusing its veto privilege over the past two decades," said Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the UN, in aif the U.S., U.K.
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