The United Nations and international cooperation
The UN was founded in 1945 and has 193 member states. In the Security Council, 9 yes votes are needed and no permanent member may vote no.
Why
Some problems do not stop at a border: diseases, people fleeing, war and peace. How can almost every country in the world decide something together?
No country can solve such problems alone. That is why countries work together in international organisations, such as the United Nations.
Belgium takes part too: in 1945 it was one of the founding members. If you understand how the UN decides, you better understand why a decision sometimes passes and sometimes does not.
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