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Russia and China are permanent veto members of the Security Council. That the members of the Security Council had far greater freedom of action was always baked
by afterburner 11y ago
Russia and China are permanent veto members of the Security Council. That the members of the Security Council had far greater freedom of action was always baked into the system, and was required to get buy in from the the most powerful nations, without which the UN would fail (see: League of Nations).
- douche 11y agoThe Security Council is nothing more than the principle members of the Allies at the conclusion of World War 2. Communist China didn't replace the Nationalists on the Security Council until 22 years after Chiang Kai-shek was driven off the mainland onto Taiwan. Since Mao and his old guard were doing their damndest to replicate the starvation and political purging of the Soviet Union in the 20s, it probably didn't matter that much...
- afterburner 11y ago"The Security Council is nothing more than the principle members of the Allies at the conclusion of World War 2." Ie. the most powerful nations at the time, without which a second League of Nations experiment would be doomed to fail.