The United States is really God's darling; both world wars broke out in Europe, and the United States, far away on the other side of the ocean, seized the rare historical opportunity when the great powers were fighting inextricably, quickly stepped up their efforts, and developed the economy with full horsepower; the Americans who watched the fire from across the shore became the biggest winners, participated in the world war at the right time, won the reputation of the savior, and also gained tremendous political benefits. Having several privileges in the United Nations is his greatest gain.
The United States and China, Britain, the Soviet Union, France and other countries defeated the German Nazism and the Japanese fascists, of course, the winners take all, the defeated countries have lost the qualification for dialogue on an equal footing, the newly established United Nations is decided by the victorious countries, and all the countries in the world must be at the mercy of several giants of World War II.
However, this sitting on the ground to divide the booty should be put in quotation marks, because after all, it is the justice of mankind that has triumphed over injustice, and the countries such as Germany, Japan, and Italy are self-inflicted, and there is nothing to be wronged, and it is always necessary to pay it back when they come out of the mix.
After the end of World War II, the three giants of World War II, the United States, britain, and the Soviet Union became permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, with a veto power, and became the de facto patriarch of the United Nations.
In addition, the United States has taken advantage of its position as the boss to set up the United Nations headquarters in New York and has three seats in the United Nations.
But at that time it was not only the United States that had this privilege, but also Britain and the Soviet Union, Stalin was a leader who would not suffer at all, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was not a fuel saving lamp, and Britain won three seats in the United Nations for his three overseas territories (INDIA, Australia and New Zealand), and the Soviet Union wanted two more seats for the Ukrainian and Belarusian brothers.
To say that as a victorious country, having become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and having a veto power again, it is not a small advantage; it is indeed a bit excessive to have three more seats, one ass occupying three seats. But people are victorious countries, and the strong are respected.
As the victorious countries picked up in World War II, France and China, which have been struggling to resist, have won seats in the permanent security council of the United Nations, and for the other three countries to win more than three seats, China and France have no opinions, and it is useless to give opinions. This is called the name is not right, people are light, the fist is big and has the right to speak, who let their national strength at that time is not good, so do not fight?
After Britain won three additional seats in the United Nations, it was not long after it was happy to find that it was making wedding dresses for others, and that everyone was independent, and independent countries should also have seats, but they were simply withdrawn in advance.
The Soviets gave their two seats to Belarus and Ukraine. That's because these two so-called countries are hardcore cores, brothers, and those small countries in Central Asia, the Baltics, and the Caucasus are not even cousins, and they dare not compare.
The three giants of World War II are left with the United States.
But the Americans seem to be a little distracted, they are blind to this, indifferent, and decades have passed, but they have not used those two seats.
So what good is it to have three seats, and why did Britain and the Soviet Union have to use it impatiently? To make a long story short, it was not the United States but the Soviet Union that first made this proposal.
Stalin said that in order to win the victory in the anti-fascist war, we in the Soviet Union suffered the greatest casualties and contributed the most, and we should be given more benefits. Everyone can't see it, stalin is also right, give people some comfort.
Thus, the Soviet republics at that time, Ukraine and Belarus, were not truly independent states and had two seats in the United Nations. The Soviet Union had a privilege, and Churchill was not happy, so Britain and the United States also gained this privilege.
So, what are the benefits of having this privilege?
The main advantage is that you can have three votes and have more say when the United Nations votes on major issues and important bills.
For example, if there is one village committee member and one vote, and your family has multiple village committee members, then your family will certainly not suffer losses.
The extra seats in the United Nations, which were created by the Soviet Union and Britain, were useless most of the time, and key moments often played an important role, because sometimes a single vote difference could determine the outcome of the vote.
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the United Nations decided to sanction the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's two votes played an important role.
However, Britain's excess votes were not of much use, because once the overseas colonies became independent, the tickets were invalidated.
The two votes that the Soviet Union had painstakingly won ceased to exist after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Although the United States is not a feudal country, it is also a bit superstitious, and they see that the countries that used their two tickets in the first place have gone into decline, and the other has disintegrated and gone to extinction. It seems that these two tickets are unlucky, and we still don't need them. Therefore, the United States has not yet used those two tickets, and does not intend to assign them to any state of the United States.
The above sentence is a joke, in fact, the United States simply feels that these two tickets are useless!
The United States implements a federal system, no state is a dry son, everyone is on an equal footing, why can you have me? This is not creating internal contradictions.
Moreover, at the beginning of the establishment of the United Nations, the United States did not need more than two votes and three votes, most countries were his obedient little brothers and partners, and the wishes he wanted to achieve in the United Nations would generally be achieved; because of the opposition of Soviet Russia (people had veto votes), it was really impossible to achieve it, even if it was twenty more votes.
With the development of the times, the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact, fewer and fewer enemies, more and more partners, the two rights frozen by the United States are even more useless.
Moreover, when necessary, the United States dares to bypass the United Nations and do whatever it wants. The United Nations is a decoration in its eyes, and people don't care if these two votes are not.