WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR I

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the group of important countries who had the power of veto?
A
The assembly
B
The council
C
The commissions
D
The mandates
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Security Council of the United Nation provides the veto power to all the five permanent members . These members are the United States of America, France, Britain, China and Russia. Q.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the United Nations’ Security Council, decisions are made with a majority of 9 votes of the 15 Council members’ votes. All decision is rejected if one of the five permanent members of the Security Council (China, United States, France, United Kingdom, Russia) makes use of its veto.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Russian Federation is one of five nations that hold such veto power on the Security Council-a group known as the “permanent five” or “P5” that also includes China, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have the right to veto or say no to any substantive resolution. It’s also worth noting that a member’s abstention vote has no bearing on whether or not the resolution is accepted.

Detailed explanation-5: -Since the international community considered that without them the UN was doomed to fail in its mission, a compromise was accepted in the form of a veto power for the permanent five members.

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