Question

what are the issues with regard to democracy within UNO

Answer 1

The UNO suffers from a democratic deficit. This is because the agenda of the UNO is heavily controlled by the five permanent members of the Security Council, namely, the USA, Russia, China, UK and France. These five countries have the power to veto any UN action. As a result, the UN is often powerless to take any action that threatens the interest of any of these countries, as such actions would be vetoed. This would be true even if the majority of other countries favour such actions. This is severely undemocratic.