In practice, the UN Security Council has formal and informal debates, which lead to ‘resolutions’ or ‘decisions’—these official decrees are like the laws that are passed by U.S. Congress, with one key difference in the Security Council: All votes are not equal. In the Security Council, the permanent five members have veto power over substantial resolutions. Under the U.N. charter, the permanent five alone hold the veto. When a member of the P5 votes against a resolution, it fundamentally ends it, even though the other 14 members might have voted yes. Overall, Russia has been the most frequent veto user, followed by the U.S. and the U.K.

New Delhi, Mar.14.– Rajya Sabha MP Dr Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, as a member of the Indian delegation to the 146th Inter-parliamentary Union summit in Bahrain, on Monday suggested that the United Nations and its Security Council (UNSC) must be open to adapting to change. Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal

La Iglesia Católica polaca hace balance de la ayuda a Ucrania un año después de la invasión rusa

Varsovia, Feb.28.– Desde el 24 de febrero de 2022, más de 8,5 millones de refugiados procedentes de Ucrania han cruzado la frontera con Polonia. Han sido acogidos en diversos lugares: hoteles, albergues, casas monásticas y parroquiales, y a menudo también en casas particulares.

Cáritas Polonia ha prestado ayuda a unos 2 millones de refugiados procedentes de Ucrania. En Polonia hay 32 Centros de Asistencia Permanente para Migrantes y Refugiados, que en 2022 prestaron ayuda a decenas de miles de personas procedentes de Ucrania. Hasta la fecha, los Caballeros de Colón han establecido ocho Centros de Misericordia en parroquias polacas.

La Guerra de los Drones: así son y así atacan

Bayraktar TB2La guerra en Ucrania es también una guerra de drones. Sobre todo, en una fase inicial donde Ucrania dio a conocer al mundo las capacidades del avión no tripulado de fabricación turca Bayraktar TB2, golpeando objetivos estratégicos y simbólicos del ejército ruso.

Feb.23.– En esas semanas iniciales del conflicto, en las que Ucrania consiguió parar el avance ruso, hubo hasta canciones dedicadas al artilugio militar no tripulado: «Los ocupantes vinieron a nosotros en Ucrania con sus nuevos uniformes, vehículos militares pero sus equipamientos se derritieron un poco: Bayraktar… Bayraktar».

Why inflation will be hard to bring down

(The Economist).– Financial markets are floating high on optimism. Investors are increasingly betting that inflation, the world economy’s biggest problem, will fall away without much fuss. America’s S&P 500 index has been buoyant this year, European shares even more so, and money has poured into emerging economies. But what if investors are wrong to be so cheery? (...) the battle with inflation is far from over. Six of the big, rich G7 countries enjoy an unemployment rate at or close to the lowest seen this century. It is hard to see how underlying inflation can dissipate while labour markets stay so tight (...) it would be a problem for central bankers, who are judged against their targets. And it would blow a hole in investors’ optimistic vision.

Inflation will be harder to bring down than markets think

Investors are betting on good times. The likelier prospect is turbulence.