Self-interests of Security Council members and their impact on acceptance of membership in the United Nations (The Palestinian issue is an example)

Self-interests of Security Council members

Abstract

The United Nations Charter grants the Security Council the privilege of permanent membership in the Council and the powers granted to it to make decisions or object to them in accordance with what is known as the right of veto. These are the five victorious countries in the war (the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the Republic of China, and France). These permanent members misused its use and deviated from it to serve their own interests. Which caused the Security Council to live in a state of paralysis on many issues, leading to its inability to carry out the tasks entrusted to it to maintain international peace and security.

This study aims to search for the concept of the veto and explain the voting process in the Security Council and the mechanisms for undermining the process of countries joining the United Nations, contrary to the text of Article (4) of the Charter, and Article (58) of the temporary rules of procedure of the Security Council, which is A violation of the equality of sovereignty stipulated in the Charter.