The French-Mexican initiative builds a vital political norm to voluntarily restrict UN Security Council vetoes during mass atrocities. With 128 supporting states, it channels global pressure to bypass Council paralysis without amending the UN Charter.

The Security Council keeps failing on Gaza, Ukraine and Iran, and people blame 'the UN.' The real culprit is a 1945 veto clause, and the General Assembly is the place where the states are starting to work around it