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https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147931

Pressure on Biden worked?

What will it mean in reality?

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The resolutions on the US embargo on Cuba are made by the general assembly of the UN and explicitly non-binding. This is different:

“Resolutions of the Security Council are international law. They are always seen as binding on all the member states of the United Nations,” [Al Jazeera diplomatic editor James Bay] added.

So there's teeth to this, but it remains to be seen how sharp they are.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What has the historical precedent been for countries that break a binding resolution?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

Sanctions and then invasion if it’s an enemy of the USA. If not, then sternly worded letter

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Well, ah... Nevertheless!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To my knowledge this has never happened to a country that has nuclear weapons.

The resolutions have been enforced militarily in the past but only against countries without nuclear weapons. I sincerely doubt that would be the case for any nuclear armed country though. Libya is the obvious example.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even in the case of libya nato went well beyond the mandate of the security council resolution.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh absolutely but the point is that it simply wouldn't have happened at all if it were nuclear armed. It is a factor that completely changes the outcome of these council resolutions.

Think DPRK as well. It genuinely doesn't matter what resolutions are made, the nukes change the result.