With the way the current UN works, how can we expect to make headway in our fight for the environment? Two of the world's biggest polluters, China and the US, can veto any UN resolution.
I recently interviewed Lord Butler, who expressed some frustration at the system too, but seems resigned to the fact that any huge organisation is going to have its downfalls.
Removing the veto power of the security council's permanent members would cause something akin to international outrage. To combat that, I'd propose that the UN have the largest military force in the world (before passing the veto amendment).
Every country would have to give a set number of troops to the UN, or pay a large penalty; that way, countries who ignore UN resolutions would have to think twice.
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