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Argument: P-5 veto ensures measures aren't passed that UN can't fulfill
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- Speech by the minister of foreign affairs of Singapore. October 6th, 1993 - "It is not practical nor even desirable to do away with the veto. The fact that the veto has been abused does not detract from the intended function. It is a recognition of the hard reality that great powers will not consent to put their power at the disposal of a sheer majority for the implementation of decisions that they do not agree with. It is a safety valve that prevents the UN from undertaking commitments that it lacks the power to fulfill."[1]
