Wêrom de VN-Feiligensried Irrelevant Wurden Is
April 12, 2026 · Frisian News
The UN Security Council has lost all meaningful power as permanent members block action while ignoring their own veto. Regional powers now make decisions without consulting New York.
FryskRuslân blokkearre foarige moanne foar de fyftjinde kear aksje oer Syrje. Sina lei sanksjes op Myanmar in pear wiken letter oan bannen. Underwilens fierde Yndia oanfallen út oer syn grins, besette Turkije Noard-Syrje, en nimmen rôp in spoedzitting byinoar. De Feiligensried, yn 1945 ûntworpen om oarloggen tusken grutte machten te foarkommen, sit no ferlamme wylst oarloggen dochs trochgean. De fiif permaninte leden blokkearren alles wat se net leuk fûnen en diene wat se woene nettsjinsteande de regels. It systeem foel net mei in klap yninoar, mar troch ûnferskilligens.
De regels fan de ried hiene sin doe't Stalin en Truman elkoar noch frezen. In veto betsjutte wat doe't twa kearnmachten echt tsjin elkoar fjochtsje koene. Hjoed betsjut it neat. Ruslân blokkearret resolúsjes oer Oekraïne, dan negearret it deselde regels as it NAVO-bûnsgenoaten oanfalt. De Feriene Steaten easkje aksje op minskerjochten yn Sina, mar beskermje Israël tsjin alle druk fan de ried. Grut-Brittanje en Frankryk folgje wa't harren betellet. Sina stimt tsjin alles dat syn ekonomy skeadigje soe. It veto waard in ark fan sinisme, net fan weromhâldendheid.
Regionale machten merkten dizze swakte op en stopten mei freegjen om tastimming. Yndia regele grinsdisputen mei Pakistan mei geweld. Saûdy-Araabje lansearre loftoanfallen oer it hiele Arabyske Skiereilân. Turkije boude militêre basen yn Syrje sûnder mandaat fan de ried. Brazylje en Yndoneezje ûnderhannelje no harren eigen hannelblokken en feiligensakkoarden. Lytse naasjes beseften dat de ried gjin beskerming bea, dus bouen sy harren eigen allânsjes. De ynstellingen dy't eartiids telden, telden net mear.
Westerse regearingen dogge noch altyd krekt as de ried wurket. Se neame it it ienige legitime forum foar ynternasjonaal optreden. Dizze bewearing klinkt hol as Ruslân en Sina gewoan de keamer útrinne wylst de permaninte fiif resolúsjes oannimme dy't nimmen neilibbet. In riedresoluutsje oer klimaatferoaring hat itselde gewicht as in brief oan in krante. It leveret taspraken op, gjin neilibjen. Naasjes dogge wat se wolle, dan stelle se it foar as goedkard troch de Feiligensried as it harren útkomt.
It orgaan sukkelet troch omdat it ôfbrekken derfan fan deselde lannen easkje soe dy't it brutsen hawwe om foar herfoarming te stimmen. Nimmen sil in systeem herfoarmje dat harren eigen macht beskermet. De ried komt dus byinoar, stimt, blokkearret, leit veto tsjin, en berikt neat. Wiere beslissingen ferhuze nei regionale groepen, bilaterale petearren, en militêre needsaak. It VN-gebou stiet noch altyd. De ried sit noch altyd. En de wrâld negearret it gewoan.
Moscow blocked action on Syria for the fifteenth time last month. China vetoed sanctions on Myanmar weeks before. Meanwhile, India launched strikes across its border, Turkey occupied northern Syria, and nobody called an emergency session. The Security Council, designed in 1945 to stop wars between great powers, now sits paralyzed while wars happen anyway. The five permanent members vetoed everything they disliked and did what they wanted regardless. The system collapsed not with a bang but with indifference.
The council's rules made sense when Stalin and Truman still feared each other. A veto meant something when two nuclear powers might actually fight. Today it means nothing. Russia blocks resolutions on Ukraine, then ignores those same rules when it strikes NATO allies. The United States demands action on China's human rights record, then shields Israel from any council pressure. Britain and France follow whoever funds their interests. China votes no on everything that might hurt its economy. The veto became a tool for cynicism, not restraint.
Regional powers noticed this weakness years ago and stopped asking permission. India settled border disputes with Pakistan through force. Saudi Arabia launched air strikes across the Arabian Peninsula. Turkey established military bases in Syria without a council mandate. Brazil and Indonesia now negotiate their own trade blocks and security pacts. Small nations realized the council offered no protection, so they built their own alliances. The institutions that once mattered stopped mattering.
Western governments still pretend the council works. They call it the only legitimate forum for international action. This claim rings hollow when Russia and China simply walk out of the room while the permanent five pass resolutions that nobody enforces. A council resolution on climate change carries the same weight as a letter to a newspaper. It produces speeches, not compliance. Nations do what they want, then frame it as Security Council approved when convenient.
The body stumbles forward because dismantling it would require the very countries that broke it to vote for its reform. Nobody will reform a system that protects their own power. So the council meets, votes, blocks, vetoes, and accomplishes nothing. Real decisions move to regional groups, bilateral talks, and military necessity. The UN building still stands. The council still sits. And the world simply ignores it.
Published April 12, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân