• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    12 hours ago

    but the ALP also know the US is going to veto it.

    There is no veto for General Assembly votes, only Security Council votes. This becomes official UN policy if it passes. The issue with General Assembly votes is that there’s no teeth in the organisation, there’s no enforcement or consequences for not abiding by the votes, they’re purely political in that regard. Except for a few things that is, Apartheid South Africa was successfully suspended from the UN entirely despite the US and British opposing it during the vote, so the General Assembly can be used to achieve things that affect the UN as an organisation if the will to do it can be found.