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Russia declines UN request for aid access to areas flooded by Ukraine dam breach, leaving tens of thousands of people without access to piped water (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 0x815@feddit.de to c/news@beehaw.org

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A senior United Nations relief official said that Russia has so far declined requests to help residents of Russian-controlled areas of southern Ukraine impacted by the breach of the Kakhkova dam.

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[–] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its supposed to be a diplomatic forum but that is absolutely useless when you have a "security council" where each member can block everything. Furthermore letting countrys like Saudi Arabia take head of human rights council. Or all if the other shows of it being almost completely useless.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The UN isn't just the security council or the General Assembly, they do so much more. Eg. ICAO is extremely relevant, just to name one organization. Again: you think the UN doesn't work because you don't know what they do. Parts of it don't work, lots do, same as any other huge transnational organization.

[–] YeetTheRich@dataterm.digital 1 points 1 year ago

It was created to let governments talk to each other before resorting to nuclear war - a security council veto is a form of speech. Its been keeping that line of communication open, so its been working as intended. Anything else the organization might accomplish is just a bonus.