The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia – collectively known as the E-10 – received 14 votes in favour, with the US casting the lone vote against.
As one of the council’s five permanent members, the US holds veto power – a negative vote that automatically blocks any resolution from going forward.
Had it been adopted, the draft would have demanded “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza” to be respected by all parties.
I honestly can’t disagree with this. The UN is functionally useless and any effort on their part is wasted. The veto power of the permanent members makes it difficult to actually pass anything and even if they do pass the member states don’t really have to implement it back home.
The UN reminds me of the US under the Articles of Confederation, basically a toothless paper tiger. What doesn’t help is that the UN has passed quite a lot of resolutions and conventions which make basically any sort of conflict illegal and then admitted a bunch of countries which are actively opposed to each other. Admission to the UN should have been a lot more like the EU in my opinion, selective and binding.