Unit 7 Assignment 1

According to the UN Charter chapter 7 Article 39 the Security Council “shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security” (Charter of the United Nations, 2015). Moore and Pubantz (2006) explain that the five permanent members on the Council have to be in agreement in order for a resolution to be passed. If not all five members agree then a specific members veto power is used and a resolution will not pass, but one of the permanent members can excuse themselves and not vote allowing the resolution to proceed. The threat of veto power is asserted among the five members for example France threatened veto power over the United States seeking UN approval to take action against Iraq in 2003. Since the United States did not present the proposal the nation acted without authorization and invaded Iraq in the spring of 2003. Causing the other four permanent members to take action by going into negotiations to encourage a resolution. …show more content…
With the example of France their direct action of threatening veto power had an indirect result of the United States going against the UN and inciting a war (Rugman and Doh, 2008). The other allied stakeholders besides the five permanent members are the ten non-permanent members that rotate every two years with five being rotated out each year to serve overlapping terms, and no member can be reelected for a second term. These members have the final say, but their actions and discussions are often televised depending on the topic (Moore and Pubantz, 2006;