Unc Pros And Cons

“To promote international security and to achieve peace and security” was and is the objective of the United Nations, but as we look around today, we can see that this isn’t being accomplished (UN Charter, art 1, sec.1). From mass conflicts in Syria to the terrorist attacks in Paris to the lasting conflicts in Kashmir, can we all undoubtedly say that the United Nations has been successful in sustaining order and peace? The United Nations replaced the ineffective League of Nations and was established after World War II to prevent another world war from occurring. In order to do so, the Security Council, which consists of 5 permanent members and 10 non-permanent members, was created with the mission to maintain “international peace and security” but it clearly hasn’t achieved its goal (Bourantonis). Although reform of the United Nations Security Council is often looked upon as an impossible task, the UNSC should be reformed because of the lack of transparency of the working methods, the antiquated structure of the UNSC, and the idea of an undemocratic hierarchy that the …show more content…
The United States president Barack Obama said that “the US sought a just and sustainable international order which included an UN that was ‘efficient, effective, credible and legitimate’” and expressed his support for India’s ambition for a permanent seat by saying, “That is why I can say today in the years ahead I look forward to a reformed United Nations Security Council that includes India as a permanent member” (Qatar News Agency). The US spoke about it’s support for Japan as well and France continues to support Germany’s bid. Though a number of countries have proposed resolutions to reform the Security Council, in order to change such a big part of the UN, all five members must agree which is highly unlikely because that would result in them losing