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Today, Explained

You can’t spell “dysfunction” without the UN

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The war in Ukraine has demonstrated just how dysfunctional the United Nations is. Uri Friedman, managing editor at the Atlantic Council, explains how to fix it. This episode was produced by Jillian Weinberger, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The United Nations General Assembly is meeting in New York this week.

0:04.8

There will be a lot of talk about Ukraine, about stopping the war there, and with all those

0:08.6

world leaders gathered, it might seem like this is the place and now is the time.

0:14.0

But probably nothing will change.

0:15.6

Vladimir Putin isn't coming.

0:17.3

Russia will likely keep on doing exactly what it is doing.

0:20.6

Because the United Nations Security Council, the 15 nation body with five permanent members,

0:26.1

including Russia, that's meant to stop wars of all kinds to be the world's policeman

0:31.3

and peacemaker as a really bad track record.

0:34.9

Ukraine has been all but begging the Security Council since February to do something.

0:39.6

It is a responsibility of this body to stop the war.

0:43.2

So I call on everyone of you to do everything possible to stop the war.

0:47.6

Bring up on today explained why the world's peacemakers cannot get anything done.

1:02.0

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