United Nations Security Council

dating back to the second half of the nineteenth century. However, in this short time period, all of the international system (and thus international law) has interaction with international organizations during the execution of the functions of a nation-state. According to Dr. Mark Janis of the University of Connecticut and Oxford, “…International organizations are creatures of international agreement constituted by sovereign states to accomplish common goals” (Janis 209). There is nothing in…

concern in the nation of Redland. Human Rights organizations are reporting the use of child soldiers and systemic rape as a weapon of war by the Unified Pineland Movement (UPM). These atrocities violate agreements of the Geneva Convention. This will not be tolerated by any of members of this negotiation. It is necessary that a mandate be decided upon soon. To ensure the mandates success it is with great cooperation from the other present actors, I stress the urgency to press for Security…

continuous improvement in world order. The increasing interdependence that nations have with each other makes promoting and maintaining world order a critical issue. Despite the establishment of the UN in 1945, conflicts between disputing nations is a common and devastating occurrence. To approach this issue the international community must cooperate and set standards through intergovernmental organisations such as the United Nations. Such conflicts are able to be resolved effectively by using…

the way Model A does, and attacks the Security Council’s “representative character” (Cox, 2009: 105-106) taken from the Razali Plan. On top of that, the G4 looks at the meaning of security with reference to the Charter. It argues that the concept of security and development are closely associated with each other in that “development is an indispensable foundation of collective security” (Cox, 2009: 106). And so the G4 aims to tackle issues concerning security though the expansion of members on…

sociology is unique as sociology focuses on social behaviour to explain major events that occur in a community or the world. He includes aspects such as crime, religion, state, institutions, races, social classes, values and social norms. The United Nations in the context of child soldiers can look at the values and norms of concerned societies, observe the everyday life of citizens, and interview youth enrolled in war, and thus find the social components…

use force to get their way. An issue that highlights the use of force is the United States – Iraq war. Through resolutions, articles, customary international law, relations with terrorist groups and humanitarian intervention we will address the question, Was the use of force by the United States, United Kingdom and their allies against Iraq in 2003 legal? In 1991, after the Gulf War, Iraq was forced by the United Nations to get rid of their weapons of mass destruction (WMD),…

diversity. By using the term diversity, he refers to having a diversity of opinions, interests and ways of thinking (2004). This last characteristic of Politics is the most controversial one causing interests and principles of one nation to clash with the ones of a different nation, which then causes to International Politics to change its purpose from achievement to conflict resolution. Thinkers such as Thucydides, Machiavelli and Hobbes have described International Politics as realist, where…

Decades after the creation of the United Nations, a reform of its Security Council has been a highly discussed topic of many political debates. The global political field has changed drastically since the establishment of the UN, and yet the Security Council has adapted little to new world demands. Despite the many calls for change in the past, efforts to reform the UNSC have proven to be unsuccessful because of the abusive power of veto, held by the permanent members (P-5). To begin discussing…

community. The United Nations (UN) Security Council, in 1999 failed to authorise actions to spot or curb “ethnic cleansing” in Kosovo. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) took the responsibility to do an aerial bombardment without permission of the UN Security Council which caused a rift in the international community because some saw it as a violation of the prohibition of the Use of Force. Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the UN, recalled the failures of the Security…

Soviet Union. When the Security Council tried to protest and stop the invasion, Britain and France simply used their veto power. However, when the General Assembly met, they forced the removal of the British and French troops from the area. Lester Pearson of Canada came up with an idea that United Nations emergency force be sent into the Canal. The force would consist of troops from countries who were not involved in the conflict. The force was called the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF).…