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War in Ukraine spurs bid to take a closer look at UN vetoes

FILE - Representatives voting in favor of a resolution raise their hands during a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, Friday Feb. 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. Two days into Russia's attack on Ukraine, a majority of U.N. Security Council members voted to demand that Moscow withdraw. But one thing stood in their way: a veto by Russia itself. Proposals to change the council's structure or rein in the use of vetoes have sputtered for years. But this time, a new approach appears to be gaining some traction. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE - Russia's U.N. Ambassador Russia Vasily Nebenzya casts the lone dissenting vote in the United Nations Security Council, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Two days into Russia's attack on Ukraine, a majority of U.N. Security Council members voted to demand that Moscow withdraw. But one thing stood in their way: a veto by Russia itself. Proposals to change the council's structure or rein in the use of vetoes have sputtered for years. But this time, a new approach appears to be gaining some traction. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) FILE - UN Security Council members, left to right: Britain's UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Albania's UN Ambassador Ferit Hoxha, applaud in the United Nations Security Council, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Two days into Russia's attack on Ukraine, a majority of U.N. Security Council members voted to demand that Moscow withdraw. But one thing stood in their way: a veto by Russia itself. Proposals to change the council's structure or rein in the use of vetoes have sputtered for years. But this time, a new approach appears to be gaining some traction. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)