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Coverage dated April 25, 2022

At UN, Veto Under Spotlight

Headline from Voice of America

UN General Assembly will call meetings when P5 cast veto in Security Council

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9 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    UN approves measure requiring states to justify veto (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    General Assembly adopts a resolution requiring five permanent members of the Security Council to justify use of veto.

  2. The Times of Israel

    Seeking revamp, UN moves to hold Security Council veto-users accountable (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Permanent members will still be able to shield selves and allies like Israel from council action, but doing so will now trigger discussion on country that wielded measure

  3. Voice of America

    At UN, Veto Under Spotlight (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    UN General Assembly will call meetings when P5 cast veto in Security Council

  4. MyNorthwest

    UN takes step to put UN veto users under global spotlight (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. General Assembly took a first step to put the five permanent members of the Security Council under a global spotlight

  5. France 24

    UN raises bar for using Security Council veto (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    The 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus Tuesday a resolution requiring the five permanent members of the Security Council to justify their use of the veto.

  6. Digital Journal

    UN to vote on measure pushing states to justify veto use (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    The 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly are to vote Tuesday on a resolution that would require the five permanent members of the Security

  7. Deutsche Welle

    UN seeks to force explanations for Security Council vetoes | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the US, the UK, France, China and Russia have veto power. A new resolution seeks to spotlight how and why these members exercise that power.

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