Five countries shouldn’t control global peace
To the United Nations Assembly, and to European governments
Petition
We call on world leaders to reform the United Nations Security Council by limiting or abolishing the veto power of its permanent members, and to make global peace and security decisions more democratic.
Specifically, we urge governments to:
- Support initiatives to restrict the use of the veto, especially in cases of mass atrocities and war crimes
- Promote UN Charter reform to ensure fairer global representation
- Work towards a Security Council that can act effectively to prevent conflict and protect civilians
Why is this important?
“How is it possible that Russia and the U.S. remain permanent members of the Security Council? Both countries bring instability to the world with the wars in Ukraine and Iran.”
Not my words, but European leader Pedro Sánchez’s.
Right now, only five countries hold veto power in the UN Security Council, including the U.S and Russia.
This is the reason why bombs fall and people lose their loved ones to violence and torture; and why we live in fear of a total war.
The UN Security Council is an old remnant from World War II when 5 countries (out of 193!) self-granted the authority to decide the fate of peace and war on Earth.
But now Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is publicly calling for a more democratic global system - raising concerns about how decisions on war and peace are made. [1]
With hundreds of thousands of people mobilising against war and Sánchez’s call for common sense, this is the right time to finally leave behind an outdated world order.
Let’s tell other European leaders to join Sánchez in his call for common sense - and most importantly, peace.