I. The voting procedure in the UN Security Council and
traditional power politics
II. The (indirect) embodiment of the veto in the UN Charter
III. The veto privilege as the major impediment to the
achievement of collective security
IV. The origin of the controversy over the voting privilege in
the United Nations
V. The specific abbuse of the veto for reasons of power politics:
(a) The "double veto"; (b) Circumventing the abstention
clause
VI. The veto and the sovereign equality of States (Analysis of a
normative contradiction)
VII. The abolition of the veto as the only alternative to
traditional power politics
