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Singapore calls for UN Security Council's use of vetoes to be 'constrained'

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Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan calls for UN Security Council's use of vetoes to be 'constrained' Any of the five permanent members of the council China , France , Russia , the United Kingdom and the United States can veto a resolution.

Singapore is in New York for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly .

"Reform of the composition alone of the Security Council is not sufficient to make it more effective. I also wish for reform to change the operational methods to limit the right to a veto in case of mass crimes," he told the General Assembly ..

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