The Process of Reforming the United Nations

The United Nations was to be a place where there was peace between the countries, a place where they can dispute their differences, a place to support each other and benefit from the allies a country made by being in the United Nations. It was “designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members” (Document B). Not long after it was founded, it started falling apart. People had different idea of how it should have been ran but the people who got their way was the bigger and stronger countries. They came to an agreement that the bigger countries—the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and China—would have veto power and the other countries that were a part of it would take smaller roles in the decisions

In 2013 in an unprecedented act, Saudi Arabia turned down a seat at the most influential table in the world, the UN Security Council. Saudi officials cited the international community’s lack of action in Syria as one of the reasons why they felt the need to make a stand by not accepting the coveted seat. Largely, Saudi Arabia blames Russia and China for protecting Assad from UN sanctions with their veto power that they have because they are two of the five permanent security council members along with the U.S., the UK, and France (McDowall, 2013).

The veto power is used to ensure that each P5 state is able to trump and overrule any resolution, and thus no resolution drafted by the UNSC can be put into action until all P5 members agree or choose to abstain (Reus-Smith, et al., 2004, p. 4). P5 states make the argument that the veto is an important necessity to keeping international order, as they try to use the veto as a potential constraint on individual actions that are against the UNs interests. Thus the UNSC veto system is firmly based on the belief that P5 members should only use their power on behalf of the wide and diverse member states of the UN (Reus-Smith, et al., 2004, p. 6). Members States are not on the council as well as non-permanent members

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 formation of the United Nations in 1945 was marked by an international outcry to ‘never again’ idly bear witness to the genocidal atrocities capable of man, as so harshly revealed in the nature of the Holocaust. In doing so, all member states actively sought to facilitate discussion in the United Nations as a world forum, in order to achieve both international and intra-national security. While the United Nations has achieved various successes in the international community, the international entity and its’ member states are subject to various legal and moral flaws, weakening response to conflicts in the contemporary era of international relations. These failures are exemplified tragically in the response to the Rwandan genocide in

Therefore, all the other countries do not have the same possibility and thus cannot present their views with the same power and emphasis that the permanent members of the United Nations Security council enjoy. Hence, it is not surprising that no institutional concern at the United Nations has been studied more than the need to broaden the membership of the Security Council to reflect the world of today rather than the one that existed at the Council's inception.

One of the main weaknesses of the U.N. is that this is a different day. The U.N. was made in 1945, it has been a thing for 73 years, when it was made it had one goal, keep this world safe. The times have changed, people everywhere need help, they need food. There are wars going on between different countries, and they can't stop all of it. One thing that could easily fix this problem would be for the members of the U.N. to go out and see the way people live, and the way people now, people are not the same as they were in 1945.

There are three dominant points in reforming the Council. First is trying to change the membership that would allow other countries to have a permanent seat within the council. Second cooperating with one another through transparency and meetings. Thirdly, the power to veto any proposal that the P5 members appreciate in doing so, must be replace. As many countries and foreign leaders outside may have predicted the P5 countries opposes expanding the permanent seat to other nations. The P5 members most likely will not be in favor of handling their vetoes

The UN was form after World War II ended. The organization was represented by the number of twenty six nation countries to fight the Axis Power. The UN and its system consisted of six main basic organs that operate the system and other subsidiary agencies. The GA, the Secretariat, the International Council and Justice, the EOCSOC, the Security Council and the Trusteeship are the main basic organs that operate the system. The UN also consist a document of constitution, which is called Charter. This document constitution held the responsible of each of the body organ that are operating within the organization. In this paper, I will talk about the structure of the UN, the system power, and the pathology of the system. With the amount of mini-UN throughout the regional, people often confuse this subsidiary agency with the major organization.

Is veto power injustice which interrupting United Nations Security Council to pass the functional and fair resolutions in current decades? One of the key arguments of veto power is global inequality. In recent times, east-west antagonism has brought back paralysis. US has used veto power for lots of times to defend Israel from censure. Moreover, the second existing controversial argument is that veto power is only giving benefits to few countries in some occasions. For example, in 1994, the Security Council failed to act during the Rwandan genocide because of the veto of France and US. Roughly 800 thousand people passed away due to permanent members considered intervention contrary to their interests. The third argument is the number of permanent

The United Nations Security Council has a very integral role to play in promoting Global

“ 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 discussion of the UN Security Council Reform has been on discussion for almost 20 years. The efficiency and effectiveness of the council are put to question. It is important to act now while the momentum for the push for reform is rising. The Member States need to realize Security Council Reform. The G4 nations support each others bid for seats of the Security Council and Japan has the support of the United States, Britain, France and Russia. The current P5 members of the Security Council, along with the G4 account for 9 of the world's 10 largest defense budgets according to SIPRI. Japan has been elected for nine two-year terms on the Security

There are two ways to pass proposals in this system. First, a proposal is presented to its country-union (if applicable), and if it passes through the country-union, it will be proposed to its home group. If it passes through the home group, it will have a final deciding vote from all of the seven home groups. The second option can be taken only if the proposal is voted down by a country’s country-union or home group: proposals may endorsed by either four other countries or country-unions (each with one or two votes) in any home group or by the majority of a single home group. This will allow all of the UN to vote on the proposal. This plan, although radically different from the current UN, will allow for faster voting, better international relations, and more balanced power dynamics. The most important benefit of this plan is the independence it gives smaller countries, especially ones located in Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Indonesia. These countries generally lack power and are easily controlled by larger countries, however, within their country-unions they will have enough support to be able to resist submitting to other country’s demands and propose motions that benefit themselves.