Political Memes

Self governing doesn't mean they're independent / sovereign. I don't see how your comment changes anything about what I'd noted, honestly.

Its like saying "The Palestinians have voted, and Israel will now stop bombing them". Or claiming that the Palestinians are sovereign/independent just because they voted and declared themselves a nation / tried to get into the UN. The cold reality is that if they lack the power to enforce that vote / declaration, it's fairly meaningless.

Another example would be things like the Trump administration's war crimes. The world voted / generally agreed that certain actions were war crimes, and that there should be repercussions should anyone commit them. The US commits them daily, and is not accountable for their actions, because no one has the power to enforce those declarations against the US. But you think a FN vote will beat them. "OK, sure, whatever".