In the UN-System, the Security Council consists of 15 members, 5 permanent and 10 non- permanent members. The 5 permanent members of the Security Council have got the power of veto. So veto of a proposal by one of the permanent members of the council amounts to total rejection of the proposal So, there have been calls to abolish the veto power altogether or introduce a ‘double veto’ (at least two nations must veto for the veto to take effect).
An Italian plan is for limiting the veto’s area of application. The recently announced report of the independent working group on the future of the United Nations has argued that the veto power of the permanent members must be used restrictively and should be applicable only to peacekeeping and enforcement measures and not in any other matters as is the present case.