In a United Nations vote, does the country being punished have to abstain from voting? What about veto-powers?

Question

i.e. If the UN votes to invade China to free Tibet, does China get to vote? And can China veto the UN's decision to invade China? Thanks

Answer 1

The UN = corruption. I'd like to see these do-gooder hippies "invade China" to "free Tibet"... don't make me laugh.

Answer 2

Only the UN Security Council can pass binding resolutions, and any permanent member -- the USA, China, Russia, the UK or France -- can veto any resolution, even if the resolution is focused on their own country.

The UN General Assembly and other UN committees are just discussion forums -- none of their votes/resolutions are binding.

Answer 3

Everybody can vote, even the one who is about to be punished. That's one of the problems of the UN, because as you said, whenever it is about a Veto-power nothing is being done about it