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2021/10/5

     Today we learned about how countries enforce laws on each other. We were first introduced to the bilateral treaty. But countries can still break the treaty if they want to so they only work in a limited way. You can't call the police on countries so the league of nations was created. It consisted of 50 countries, however, the countries were predominantly white. After WW2, the league of nations was reformed into the United Nations, because the league of nations didn't have a good system to enforce laws on countries. The UN was a big meeting ground all countries can participate equally, with one country one vote. However, the UNSC (united nations security council) was formed inside of the UN which had 15 countries; this was unfair because P5, 5 permanent countries of the council had vetos which they can use to change the decisions of the council by their will. 

    We demonstrated this by doing an arm-wrestling match representing WW2. The P5 turned out to be only girls. I was one of the P5, this was because I was only matched up with girls and I won because of my luck. There were other unfair advantages for the girls because two girls wrestled with one boy, if they fought individually the boy would've won but they had double the power so the girls won. This demonstration showed how the P5 system isn't appropriate because some countries just won by luck or by cheating. However, if we wanted to abolish this system, we would have to take it to the UNSC to pass the law, but for obvious reasons, the P5 would use their vetos to prevent the law from passing so it is nearly impossible to change this system. From this, we can clearly see how corrupt this system is and the fact that the majority of people are not concerned about this is questioning. I know that it is hard to create an enforcement system, but I thought that the UN should change its system to a more equal structure, implementing more voices from smaller countries and a more democratic meeting.

【Notes】
bilateral treaty 
they do work in a limited way
they can still break a treaty 
you cant call the police in countries
league of nations 50 countries →58 member states
they were prominently white
they didn't work
they started to form the united nations
a big meeting ground all the countries can join equally
one country one vote
UNSC united nations security council
15 countries
P5 US, Russia, China, UK, France permanent
arm wrestling unfair lucky dependent on luck 



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