Understanding the UN Veto Power

At the founding of the UN in San Francisco in 1945, most of the 51 states present accepted the idea of minimal governance.

Ricardo Seitenfus
30 Sep 2025 — Lecture : 7 min.

At the founding of the UN in San Francisco in 1945, most of the 51 states present accepted the idea of minimal governance. But the five victors of the Second World War opposed it because they did not want to be confronted with majority decisions taken by the Security Council that could run counter to their national interests.

For them, it was therefore not enough simply to be part of a restricted decision-making body. The powers (individually or collectively) also had to be able to control the course of their decisions. The solutio

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