Why do select members of the UN have veto power ?

Question

UN was put into place for peacekeeping efforts and yet there r 5 major countries having veto power.
I don’t understand its use, isn’t a proper voting over issues a better way to go about problems than this ?

Does this veto system actually help in peacekeeping efforts positively ?

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Answer 1

I would guess it because some countries have nuclear weapons, and very different ideologies. So it’s a “we won’t start WW3” thing.