They should have a right of veto.

There is no circumventing the veto.

Australia would prefer not to extend the veto to any new permanent member.

And Syrian blogger Razan Ghazzawi concludes RedRazan Veto or not, Assad will be toppled by the great people of Syria.

Nonetheless, this does not preclude an independent royal decision to exercise a right of veto.

First, we fully support the recommendation of the Secretary General not to expand the veto power.

It also shared the view that the veto should be modified.

One such problem is Wall Street s implicit veto over the Fed.

Too often, permanent members have used the veto real or threatened to prevent effective action.

Namibia reiterates its position that the veto power is outdated and undemocratic and should be abolished.

The bill as a whole was passed on May 17, 1871 and it was signed into law as the Common Schools Act of 1871.

More importantly, the right of veto, which was still subject to broad interpretation, should be properly defined.

Guarantees should be established so that the bitter experience of abuse of the veto was not repeated.

Indeed, the five permanent members of the Security Council with the right of veto were also the declared nuclear weapon States.

In recent months, we have witnessed the negative consequences of the intention to impose a reform process through the pressure of a vote.

Consensus would be an ideal situation but it should not become a paralysing tactic comparable to the veto.

We reaffirm the Russian Federation's unwavering position that any dilution of the status of the five current permanent members first and foremost, of the right of the veto is categorically unacceptable.

Moreover, full consideration should be given to limiting the scope of application of the veto and to requiring support by two members of the Council for any veto to take effect.

Indeed, he may not even object to ruining the EU s entire legislative engine by granting national parliaments a veto.

How else could one explain that Britain and France, but not Germany, Japan, or India, are permanent, veto wielding members?

She regretted that article 8 (j) of the Convention, which provided for the application of traditional knowledge with the approval and the involvement of the holders of the knowledge, failed to give them a right of veto.

However, for the Council to be both effective and legitimate, the right of veto should not be extended to the new permanent members under any circumstance.

The veto power of the permanent members could not, at the current stage, be eliminated, but that privilege should not be granted to any new members.

We remain concerned that Council action on some issues has not been possible because of the use of a single veto or a silent veto.

Some may claim that the veto power is rarely exercised nowadays. This may be true, but only in relation to the veto used in voting on draft resolutions.

The Kremlin continues its propaganda offensive against Georgia, and has vetoed prolonging the mandate for United Nations observers in Georgia and Abkhazia.

The situation recalled what had happened during apartheid, when the United States, the United Kingdom and France exercised their right of veto to prevent economic sanctions being taken against South Africa.

Not to proceed would mean ceding to unacceptable threats and giving the right of veto over the peace process to an armed group that has rejected its commitment under the Paris Agreements.

Now that the bipolarity of the past has disappeared and the use and abuse of the veto are fading, the Council should become more representative of the new international reality.

As for the threat to use the veto or what is known as the covert veto, this is frequently resorted to during the drafting and formulation of draft resolutions.

Our preference is to limit the use of veto and to promote a veto free culture.

Fifthly, the framework within which the right of veto is used should be reviewed and defined.

Chávez, the Cubans and their allies, however, want no part of Lobo, and vetoed his attending the Cancún summit where the new Latin American organization was conceived.

The March 14 alliance has said that it would welcome a national unity government with the March 8 coalition, but without the veto power that the opposition has been demanding.

As a result of pressures from Republican leaders and the threat of a veto by the President, however, all these amendments were struck from the final text of the bills in which they were included.

And, on the world stage, Russia and China have been encouraged to believe that America will never push past a veto, effectively giving them the final word.

Give the sensitivity of this issue the functionality of the system is at stake it is critical for the aspirant countries to clearly state their intentions in pursuing the veto power.

3. Indonesia is also firmly of the view that an increase in the membership of the Security Council should accommodate new Members which, if they are not to be given veto powers, should at least serve as permanent members.

We argued against the veto when the Charter was written, and we will not support its expansion today.

Vetocracy reflected in the Republicans routine Congressional obstructionism in Obama s first term is a threat to democracy.

In 1992, as in 1991, despite the large volume and the diversified nature of the issues examined in the Security Council, none of the members of the Council exercised its right to veto.

Nor is it practical or even desirable to do away with the veto.

Such matters should not be subject to veto power.

82. Fourthly, in article 27, provision needed to be made for an exception in the event that the Security Council could not, because of exercise of the veto, adopt a unanimous decision on a case of aggression.

His delegation also believed that both the permanent and non permanent membership of the Security Council should be increased and that the question of the veto should be re examined in all its aspects.