Essay on Structural Problems of the United Nations Security Council

Under the UN Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and is argued to have power to intervene in the most serious issues which disrupt world order.

The United Nations is an international organization created after World War II. The United Nations was created with the purpose of preventing another world war; the Allies created the organization after defeating the Axis powers: Germany, Japan and Italy. The U.N established a Security Council that consisted of the war’s winners, including the United States, Great Britain, France, China and Russia. Since the war, there has not been a major conflict between the world powers. In addition, the quality of life for billions around the globe has improved because of capitalism/western influence. Even though the U.N. has been successful at maintaining peace between major powers, the success has not been the same with respect underdeveloped

The goal of the United Nations, when formed was to “maintain international peace and security and commit to economic and social development. (Fomerand, Jacques)” As one

The process of reforming the United Nations (UN) has been a highly debatable issue among the international community. Since the initial signing of the UN Charter in 1945, the world has changed dramatically as the UN is trying to regulate a forum that assesses and deals with global issues while also struggling to unite all 193 member states of the UN when some states have been seen to have conflicting ideas and personal agendas (Teng, 2003, pp. 2-3). This essay is targeted to highlight what I feel are the most pressing arguments for UN reform amongst the international community. This will be done by highlighting the problems and ongoing issues surrounding the lack of representation and P5 power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),

The Security Council is structured in a way that it is only able to endlessly function if there is a representative from each member state at the United Nations headquarters, this is so that if an important issue arose and there was a call for a meeting all the members states are able to cooperate and contribute equally to help resolve the issue. The Security Council became more active after the cold war, it is the only body in the world which is able to tell member states what to do without their consent. Within the Security Council there are fiver permanent members; United Kingdom, Unites States of America, Russia, France and China, these five

Even though, the original thought for the United Nations was to be a guarantee for the World’s peace, their role in today’s world seems to have changed. It is hard to believe that their founders had today’s United Nations on mind when discussed their creation sixty years ago.

The world has advanced over the centuries. To ensure progression and growth, society must embrace organizations which support improving the quality of human life. The United Nations is one such organization that has ensured the well-being of the human race by collaborating internationally on how to tactically approach conflicts. From combating terrorism to eradicating smallpox, the United Nations has resolved numerous foreign issues and international crises. The creation of the United Nations continues to be critical because the organization is a fundamental necessity for global peace, good relations, and development.

The principle bodies of the United Nations consists of General assembly, Security council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship council, International Court of Justice and Secretariat. The Security Council is considered as the most important principle body as it has the power to authorise military force to enforce its solution. The permanent five members of the Security Council are the five most powerful countries at the end of WW2 which includes United States, France, China, Great Britain and Russia. Each member has the right to object the Security Council resolutions that it disagrees with. The aims of the UN

The United Nations has become a sort of bureaucracy, dependent on the views of the five major powers that sit on the Security Council. The United Nations during the Rwandan crisis centered their policies on the survival of the institution itself. The Preventable Genocide International Panel of Eminent Personalities for Rwanda reaffirmed these realist interests in saying: "On April 8 and 9, Dallaire's UN troops were immediately ordered – by the Secretariat in New York, and under strong pressure from western countries to work with the French to evacuate foreign nationals rather than protect threatened Rwandans" (Rwanda). This is an unfortunate example of realist interests, which is not to say that these men and women were not important, they were, but extra support was not given to help pull them out which meant that the support the Rwandans needed was of even lesser strength than it previously had been. The UN at this point in history was failing from many defeats such as the intervention in Somalia , and it was therefore very reluctant to commit to another mission, which defiantly clouded judgement when it came to intervening in Rwanda. Alison Des Forges amplified this in saying most staff at the U.N. were fixed on averting another failure in peacekeeping operations, even at the cost of Rwandan lives" (Des Forges). Dallaire looks at the UN more in-depth by

The United Nations General Assembly is the primary assemblage of the United Nations.[1] It has 193 part nations, all of which share an equivalent vote on recommendations called "resolutions". This appears to be

“ Here is a task truly of, by and for the world, one that should rally nations. The nature of this task however, must be clearly understood; only then can suitable means for accomplishing it be formulated, only then can the role that the United Nations could and should play be appreciated” ( Wilcox/Haviland, 29). There are many international organizations that have been talked about throughout this semester. One of the most important ones is The United Nations. The United Nations was established October 24, 1945, and has since then been impacting the country. The United Nations main purpose according to the lecture notes is “ to provide a global additional structure through which states can sometimes settle conflicts with less reliance on the use of force , for whole purpose of the United Nations is to provide the globe a forum by which countries may settle disputes through this forum peacefully as opposed to relying on a force which has been the case historically” ( Kopalyan, Module 8). Thus meaning The United Nations was set up to handle problems peacefully rather than going to war to try and solve problems. “Powerful economic as well as political forces are at work to bring about a growing integration of the world community, and the United Nations and its related agencies are uniquely fitted to assist in the task” (Wilcox/Haviland,45). This was some of the reason that the United Nations was created.

The United Nations, with its rigid moral and political limitations against force, has become a benchmark of peace and a social achievement of modern times. From war torn Europe, the United Nations developed from five major powers with an initial goal to prevent the spread of warfare through peaceful means and to establish and maintain fundamental human rights. Through the past fifty years, this organization has broadened its horizons with auxiliary organizations from peace keeping missions to humanitarian aid, to economic development. However, in a modern example of ethnic cleansing, the UN faces new a new role as a bystander as its power is bypassed by NATO forces. The UN, however, promises to be an

Japan firmly believes we need to take action to reform the Security Council before it loses its legitimacy and efficiency as an essential tool for the maintenance of peace and security. Japan is ready to discuss, with a flexible and realistic viewpoint, different options, which will lead the way for the expansion in both permanent and non-permanent categories. Japan is working proactively to increase both the permanent and non-permanent membership of the council. Japan is the second largest contributor to the UN, behind the United States and is the world's largest donor of official development assistance. Japan's commitment to the United Nations, supported by its national strength should allow the nation to assume greater global responsibility through the efforts of the Security Council.

First, the Theory of UN Collective Security briefly summarizes why the UN was established after WWII and how it has served the global community as a method to avoid war and conflict through collective security. Collective security is introduced as a principle that allows nation-states to be interconnected in a way that no only prevents war and conflict, but also provides methods that can be

The past few years have been highlighted by terrorist attacks, war, and humanitarian disasters, making the need for international cooperation ever increasing. Political globalization’s classic example is the United Nations, which was incepted to maintain world peace and foster an environment of cooperation between nations, in order to solve economic, cultural, and humanitarian issues. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights for example is regarded as, “A milestone document in the history of human rights,” according to the United Nations. It ensures the rights to life, liberty, and education, and proclaims that, “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.” But what happens when members of the UN General Assembly violate these declarations? What happens when the United Nations turns a blind eye to genocide, torture, and mass exodus? The Holocaust, for example, was largely ignored by the international community for much of the Second World War. Western nations even denied fleeing Jews entrance into their countries. As the War came to an end and the dust settled, the international community turned its attention to Nazi Germany’s human rights violations, and the United Nations vowed, “Never again.” That promise was an empty one, as genocides would erupt in Rwanda, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Syria. Syria, in particular, is the most immediate case of the