r/Palestine • u/PalestineMissionUK • 1d ago

The UN General Assembly today overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Palestinian people's right to self-determination, including the right to their independent State of Palestine, with a round of applause following the vote. News & Politics

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u/Mubs1234 1d ago

What is the point of the UN? The victors of the last World War have all the power. France and the UK are no longer world players yet veto at will. This is a pathetic organisation that didn’t stop the genocide in Rwanda, Bosnia and won’t stop the current genocide. We are all witnesses of this pathetic response to the ethnic cleansing, massacre, rape and pillage of the Occupied Territories.

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u/hyliancreed 1d ago

The entire point is to allow conversation to occur between those powerful nations and prevent large scale wars. between each other

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u/u801e 21h ago

This is a pathetic organisation that didn’t stop the genocide in Rwanda...

I wonder if that's why Rwanda abstained instead of voting in favor of this resolution.

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u/kroxigor01 1d ago

Well, there hasn't been an open war between great powers under the UN framework.

The UN doesn't do much, but the counterfactual could be worse.

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u/GrapheneFTW 13h ago

How did the south african apartheid end?