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It's the consequence of the diplomacy happening in the UN, it's not the UN itself deciding to do something. The ones doing stuff are the member states, using the UN infrastructure.
Yes, and it is exactly what we are discussing: UN countries could vote to impose economic embargoes to Israel, but the US would veto it. That is exactly why the UN does not have power. The UN had power to embargo Iraq in 1990.