A third key element, unattractive ethically but probably necessary politically to win the support of the US and others, would be a provision allowing any P5 member to veto when it claimed a “vital national interest” to be at stake. The consolation is that trying to rely on such an escape clause in most atrocity cases would not pass the laugh test.
第三个关键要素在道德上不具备吸引力，但在政治上可能是赢得美国和其他国家支持的关键。它就是允许“五常”中任何一个国家在宣称事关“关键国家利益”时行使否决权。慰藉之处是在大部分暴行案例中祭出这一例外条款将沦为全世界的笑柄。俄罗斯和中国真的会利用该条款分别在2007年和2008年否决安理会对缅甸和津巴布韦的决议吗？即使考虑到俄罗斯与叙利亚巴沙尔·阿萨德政权的政治和军事关系，它真的会宣布叙利亚决议将对其自身官建立以构成威胁吗？