The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, April 26, adopted a resolution requiring the five permanent members of the Security Council to justify their use of the veto. The document was adopted by consensus, that is, without a vote, said the Chairman of the UN General Assembly, Abdullah Shahid..

Today, presided over the #GeneralAssembly that took action on Liechtenstein's #VetoInitiative draft resolution which mandates a meeting of the #GA whenever a #veto is cast in the #SecurityCouncil.

The resolution 76/262, cosponsored by 83 Member States, was adopted by consensus. pic. twitter. com/mX7JKgdCXl — UN GA President (@UN_PGA) April 26, 2022 The resolution does not cancel or limit the veto power of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, which are Russia, China, the USA, the UK and France. However, in accordance with the document, in the event that the right of veto in the Security Council is exercised by any of the permanent members, a meeting of the General Assembly is convened within 10 working days on the issue in respect of which the veto was used.

The initiative proposed by Liechtenstein, even before being submitted to the UN General Assembly, received the support of almost a hundred countries, including the United States, Great Britain and France. Liechtenstein's permanent representative to the UN, Christian Wenaweiser, said that this measure is aimed at ensuring that "