The idea to limit the veto to the permanent members of the UN Security Council currently supports 114 countries. This was stated by the foreign Minister of Liechtenstein, Aurelia Frick. Her words RIA Novosti.
“The response to this initiative has been exceptional,” Frick said.
In Moscow said he did not agree with the proposal. Deputy of Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov said that “any ideas that lead to infringing upon the prerogatives of the current permanent members of the Security Council including the veto” unacceptable. According to the diplomat, the possibility of a veto is an incentive to search for balanced decisions, and to encroach upon it “would be wrong from a historical and political point of view.”
The Secretary of state under the Minister of foreign Affairs of France Jean-Baptiste Lemoine suggested to abandon the right of veto during the discussion of the genocide. He stressed that this would not require amendment of the UN Charter. “The initiative is based on voluntary decision of the permanent members of the UN security Council not to veto it based on our deep conviction that the veto is not a right and not a privilege but a responsibility,” — said the diplomat.