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Mohammad, Rasikh Wasiq. "United Nations Security Council Powers, Practice, and Effectiveness Of Security Council." Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research | ISSN: 2582-8878 5, no. 1 (2023): 1–48. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7606283.

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the principal organs of the United Nations. According to article 24 of the UN Charter, the foundational treaty of the United Nations, the UN Member States have conferred the primary responsibility of maintenance of international peace and security to the Security Council and have agreed that this body, in order to carry on this duty, acts on their behalf. The Member States have agreed to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council through article 25 of the Charter2 . While other organs of the United Nations can only make recom

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Ade-Ibijola, Aderemi Opeyemi. "Can The United Nations Security Council Be Democratized?" International Journal of Culture and History 2, no. 2 (2015): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijch.v2i2.8477.

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The quest for the democratization of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the most critical issues that has confronted the United Nations (UN) system for the better part of the organization’s existence. To this end, this paper examines the call for the democratization of the UNSC and the challenges thereof. It argues that the attempts to democratize the UNSC has been unsuccessful due to fact that the UNSC was not designed to be a democratic organ from its inception. The paper submits that a democratically constituted UNSC will lead to chaos and disorder in the international sys

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Et. al., Pasar Abdulkareem Fendi,. "Role of the United Nation Security Council in Resolving International Disputes." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 2 (2021): 269–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.711.

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The United Nation (UN) was established after World War II on 24 October 1945 to preserve international peace and security, developing friendly relations between nations fostering respect for human rights. All UN Member country have decided, furthermore adopting their decisions that United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should implement its duties independently. And promoting mutual cooperation in the peaceful resolution of international problems. The UN operates with the help of the six principal organs. One of them is a fifteen-member UNSC. Only recommendations can be made by the other UN bo

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Frederking, Brian, and Christopher Patane. "Legitimacy and the UN Security Council Agenda." PS: Political Science & Politics 50, no. 02 (2017): 347–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s104909651600278x.

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ABSTRACTIs the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) a legitimate organization? Do the veto powers legitimately pursue international security, or do they protect their narrow national interests? One way to evaluate the legitimacy of the UNSC is through its agenda. Does it address the most significant conflicts in world politics? Or is it influenced by the national interests of the veto powers? This article addresses these questions with a dataset that includes the number of UNSC meetings held and resolutions passed on 40 conflicts from 1991 to 2013. This analysis provides evidence for the leg

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Oguno, Prof P. E. O., and Michael O. Nnalue. "ULTRA VIRES AND THE LIMITS OF LEGALITY OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC)." American Journal of Law 2, no. 1 (2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.47672/ajl.443.

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is, in many ways, a unique institution. It exercises legislative, judicial and executive powers; operates with few legally binding checks and balances and has even been described as being ‘unbound by law’. The UNSC represents one of the organs of the United Nations. The Council has broad powers to maintain international peace and security, most notably under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, and its decisions are binding on UN members. At the same time, some of the Council’s actions have been labelled as ultra vires and the lack of a binding, legal overs

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Charbonneau, Bruno. "The COVID-19 test of the United Nations Security Council." International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis 76, no. 1 (2021): 6–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020702020986897.

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has failed the COVID-19 test, unable to promote or facilitate multilateral cooperation in dealing with the outbreak. This is worrying given its relevance as a principal organ of the United Nations (UN) that could enable or constrain international cooperation and given the need for such cooperation in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The failure of the UNSC to respond adequately to the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the historical limits of the UNSC as a forum for international cooperation. It also suggests that highlighting and debating UNSC reforms

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Kurniaty, Rika, Setyo Widagdo, Patricia Audrey Ruslijanto, and Herman Suryokumoro. "Un Security Council Resolutions in the Legal System: Lesson Learned from Singapore." Brawijaya Law Journal 9, no. 1 (2022): 33–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.21776/ub.blj.2022.009.01.03.

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United Nations (UN) Security Council (UNSC) resolutions (UNSCRs) are adopted by a vote of the five permanent members and ten non-permanent members of the UNSC. Each UNSCR is understood to be part of the “primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security” of the UN. The Indonesian government has been encouraged by various parties to make a legal instrument that would enforce the UNSCRs. Such an instrument would serve to bridge and reduce gaps in the rule of law regarding the enforcement of UNSCRs for nations. However, the government of Indonesia faces several challe

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Mukhtaruddin, Juliana, and Beh Zeng Kang. "Malaysia's Active Role in the United Nations Security Council." International Journal of Professional Business Review 8, no. 1 (2023): e01259. http://dx.doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2023.v8i1.1259.

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    Purpose: The UNSC non-permanent member plays a vital role in promoting peace and security in current international affairs together with the other five permanent members. Besides the five veto powers, most of the UN members are wishing to be elected as UNSC non-permanent members. Fortunately, Malaysia has been a non-permanent member of the UNSC on four (4) occasions since it acceded to the United Nations in 1957 (1965-1966, 1989-1990, 1999-2000, and 2015-2016). Thus, this study examines Malaysia’s active role in several outstanding UNSC issues. As for affirming its

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Maertens, Lucile. "Climatizing the UN Security Council." International Politics 58, no. 4 (2021): 640–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41311-021-00281-9.

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AbstractSince 2007, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has debated the security implications of climate change on several occasions. This article addresses these debates by exploring two interrelated questions: What drives the continuous efforts to place climate change on the UNSC’s agenda and to what extent do the UNSC’s debates illustrate an ongoing process of climatization? To answer these, the article draws on the concept of climatization, which captures the process through which domains of international politics are framed through a climate lens and transformed as a result of this

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Papaiosif, Andreas. "Reforming of the UN Security Council: The Greek Perspective." HAPSc Policy Briefs Series 5, no. 1 (2024): 61–66. https://doi.org/10.12681/hapscpbs.38969.

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The reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) remains a contentious and complex issue, especially considering the Council's perceived inaction during recent global security crises. This debate involves institutional, operational, and political challenges, notably the entrenched structure of the UN Charter which requires unanimous consent from permanent members for amendments, and the strategic interests of the victorious powers of World War II that continue to shape the Council's actions. Greece, a candidate for a non-permanent UNSC seat for 2025-2026, has historically supported dem

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Costa, Eugenio Pacelli Lazzarotti Diniz, and Mariana Baccarini. "UN Security Council decision-making: testing the bribery hypothesis." Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional 57, no. 2 (2014): 29–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329201400303.

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Liberal-Institutionalism and Structural Realism expectations about international organizations are confronted by looking at if and how US-controlled international aid is granted, and particularly if it is related or not to political affinity and to United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent membership. A preliminary assessment suggests that these relations only hold for the period of the Cold War, and, even then, only when UNSC non-permanent membership is in years in which the Security Council was deemed very important.

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Demirkaya, Yüksel. "United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and Restructuring Debates." Uluslararası Yönetim Akademisi Dergisi 7, no. 4 (2025): 955–63. https://doi.org/10.33712/mana.1588233.

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The subject of the study is the reform discussions on the management of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The United Nations (UN) can be defined as the most influential organization in the international arena. In this article, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which is the most influential organization of the UN and equally controversial, a superpower union with worldwide management, control and surveillance powers, is examined, and the rules it adheres to in its structure and while fulfilling its duties are examined, and the recent discussions on reform in this area are ex

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Meng, Chenxue. "The Impact of Veto Power on Humanitarian Efforts in the UN Security Council." Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media 92, no. 1 (2025): 79–83. https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/2025.22957.

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The essay addresses the pressing need for reform within the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to enhance its effectiveness and align with the evolving global political landscape. It argues that the current mechanisms of the UNSC, particularly the veto power held by its permanent members, impede the Council's ability to address international crises promptly and equitably. The essay highlights the growing consensus for reform, aiming to make decision-making more transparent and responsive to global security threats. Historical and contemporary examples, such as the recent UNSC debate on the

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Syah, Nurijlal Hafizh, and Ahmad Sudiro. "United Nation Security Council Legal Politics Against Countries Violating International Humanitarian Law." AURELIA: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat Indonesia 4, no. 1 (2024): 1403–21. https://doi.org/10.57235/aurelia.v4i1.5024.

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The United Nations Security Council is a forum created by the United Nations based on the United Nations Charter which contains good and noble goals for the creation of peace and harmony among countries in the international region. The United Nations Security Council with all the specificities given by the United Nations makes this association an international law enforcer for countries that violate international customs and norms. However, not in line with the purpose and function of the establishment of the United Nations Security Council, often the Security Council shows a political-legal a

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Hassan, Fareed Mohd, Nurul Azyani Zafirah Sabaruddin, Aryuni Yuliantiningsih, Muhammad Rusli Arafat, and Belardo Prasetya Mega Jaya. "The Palestinians’ Quest for Justice at the ICJ: The UNSC as a Stumbling Block?" Brawijaya Law Journal 11, no. 2 (2024): 164–95. https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.blj.2024.011.02.01.

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Human rights abuses occurring in Gaza, including civilian casualties, have been countlessly reported. Despite numerous resolutions presented, particularly to the United Nations (UN) Security Council (UNSC), data from the UN reveals that they have unfortunately been vetoed. South Africa initiated a legal action before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Israel of breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention—a treaty to which both nations are Parties to. Based on doctrinal analysis, this paper raises one big question; whether the UNSC, that is supposed to uphold international peace and s

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Verbeek, Nicolas. "‘Wolf Warriors’ in the UN Security Council? Investigating power shifts through blaming." Global Policy 15, S2 (2024): 38–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13372.

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AbstractWhat shifts in the extent and patterns of China's blaming are observable at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)? This article employs automated content analysis to measure the frequency of blaming by China and other permanent UNSC member states based on a dataset of all speeches (19,623 overall) in the UNSC from January 1995 to May 2022. Furthermore, it uses qualitative text analysis and network analysis to examine the targets of blaming in three different case studies of UN security governance—UN peacekeeping in former Yugoslavia (1998–2008), the UN sanctions regime against Nor

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Benson, Michelle, and Colin Tucker. "The Importance of UN Security Council Resolutions in Peacekeeping Operations*." Journal of Conflict Resolution 66, no. 3 (2022): 473–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220027211044205.

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The influence of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping in civil conflict has received important consideration in a growing body of literature. Little research, however, has focused on UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and their ability to determine and affect peacekeeping. New data on UNSC resolutions coded to UCDP/PRIO internal conflicts with peacekeeping operations (PKOs) is presented here. The data illustrate that resolutions vary importantly across conflicts and missions regarding their timing, sentiment toward rebel and government factions, level of action, mandates, authorized force leve

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Yenigun, Cuneyt M. "Evolution Dilemma of the United Nations." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) 5, no. 1 (2016): 65–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v5i1.245.

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The United Nations (UN), despite some successful stories, has largely failed to safeguard international peace and security, particularly in the Middle East since its establishment. The UN’s inability to effectively resolve international conflicts is due to the Security Council (UNSC)’s decision making-process. The power to block any initiatives that do not fit the interest of any of the five permanent members (P5: US, UK, France, Russia, China) have impeded the UN’s ability to take effectively take actions where it is needed in safeguarding security in the Middle East. The nature of the veto p

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Parvanova, Eva. "Reforming the United Nations Security Council: cross-country analysis of a G-4 potential permanent membership." Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 49 (November 28, 2023): 69–77. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.e109546.

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The paper uses methods of historical and comparative analysis and studies the functioning of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) since its establishment. It finds out, that the debate on the institutional performance is characterized by a consensus, i.e. the lack of reforms has led to the lack of its effectiveness. Nowadays, such a finding is even more evident, the aggressive war that one of the permanent members, Russia started against Ukraine, added new arguments of the same logic. The paper draws on secondary data to explore the weaknesses of the UNSC with a particular emphasis on the ne

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Andrews, Amenyo. "Working Procedure for the United Nations Security Council in the 21st Century." International Journal of Science and Business 9, no. 1 (2022): 123–40. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6983634.

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The world is facing significant security challenges. There is a war in Europe which is ravaging lives and has the potentiality of becoming a nuclear war. Civil wars are occurring spontaneously around the globe, the COVID-19 epidemic is still raging, terrorism is on the rise, global warming, and piracy are just a few of the problems that people must deal with on a daily basis. The organization responsible for upholding peace on a global scale is the UN Security Council, or UNSC/Council. However, the Council has become paralyzed in recent years and therefore unable to take control and carry out

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Winther, Bjarke Zinck. "A Review of the Academic Debate about United Nations Security Council Reform." Chinese Journal of Global Governance 6, no. 1 (2020): 71–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/23525207-12340047.

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Abstract This article outlines and discusses the research on UNSC reform. The interdisciplinary field of UNSC reform research can be placed into two broad categories and four sub categories, each indicating the degree to which scholars believe in the benefits of either structural or working methods reform. These include topics such as legitimacy and efficiency and the question of (un)equal representation. The role of The Global South will feature heavily in analyses of how best to reform the UNSC, and of which actors or structures mainly prevent a reform from materialising. There has been a si

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Thorhallsson, Baldur. "Small States in the UN Security Council: Means of Influence?" Hague Journal of Diplomacy 7, no. 2 (2012): 135–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187119112x628454.

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Summary This article argues that there are two broad categories of qualitative factors that determine the ability of small states to influence the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The first is the internal competence of small states in areas such as knowledge, initiative, and diplomatic, coalition and leadership skills. The second is the image of the state in the international system with specific regard to its perceived neutrality or reputation as a norm entrepreneur in particular policy fields. These qualitative features need to be combined with quantitative variables — such as popula

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Chen, Yating, Ruiguo Dai, Jinchen Wang, and Yaqian Ye. "The UNSC at a Crossroad: Urgency and Necessity for Reform." Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media 65, no. 1 (2024): 157–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/65/20240154.

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Abstract: The UN Security Council plays a crucial role in maintaining global peace and security. However, the Syrian Civil War and data reveal that the abuse of the veto and the decline in the representativeness and legitimacy of the permanent members hinder its effectiveness. The international community needs to reconsider the powers and structure of the UN Security Council, including reforming the veto system, the permanent seats, and the distribution of powers within the Security Council and other United Nations bodies. Furthermore, this study proposes several reforms, such as limiting the

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Dewi, Murni Kemala. "Failure of Securitizing the Climate Change Issue at the United Nations Security Council (2007-2019)." Andalas Journal of International Studies (AJIS) 9, no. 2 (2020): 168. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/ajis.9.2.168-184.2020.

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Abstract This paper describes the dynamics of debates on the securitization of climate change issue at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which took place from 2007 to 2019. Although there have been four open debates on this issue at the UNSC, until 2019, the process of the securitization of climate change issue has failed. Prior studies discussing the same concern has only explained some of the reasons proposed in the debates, such as relating to the mandate of the UNSC, the division of work in the UN units, and whether the issue of climate change could be considered as a security is

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Czaputowicz, Jacek. "Poland’s membership in the UN Security Council, 2018-19, as a platform for pursuing the objectives of Polish foreign policy." Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations 5 (June 30, 2025): 16. https://doi.org/10.12688/stomiedintrelat.17959.1.

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The article analyzes how Poland’s membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2018–19 contributed to the country’s foreign policy priorities. It outlines the differing approaches of the Civic Platform and Law and Justice governments toward both involvement in international affairs and efforts to obtain UNSC membership, along with Poland’s priorities in the Security Council, whether declared or implicit, as pertains to the pursuit of national interests. Poland’s successes include bringing about the establishment of the International Day to Commemorate Victims of Violence on the

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Tahzib-Lie, Bahia, and Jan Reinder Rosing. "A Competitive Race among Friends: The Campaign of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for a Seat on the UN Security Council." Hague Journal of Diplomacy 14, no. 4 (2019): 467–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1871191x-14401068.

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Summary On 31 December 2018, the Kingdom of the Netherlands — the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten — concluded its one-year membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), prompting many to reflect on its meaningful contribution to international peace and security during this time. The UNSC has exclusive and far-reaching powers with regard to maintaining international peace and security. For this reason, non-permanent seats on the UNSC are highly coveted. They confer prestige, influence and respectability on the seat-holders. Given the popularity of these seats, the Kingdom

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Ajit. "A study on India’s permanent Seat in UNSC: Prospects and Challenges." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 7, no. 9 (2022): 81–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2022.v07.i09.012.

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In 1945, the United Nations founded the Security Council to ensure global stability, protect civilians, and foster goodwill among nations. After 76 years, the original 51 member nations of the UNSC have been joined by 193. The UNSC does not adequately reflect the developing countries and its demands, hence reforms are urgently needed in light of the shifting global dynamics. Due to the current veto power that is shared among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and France), the council is prejudiced and unrepresentative in

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Tago, Atsushi, and Maki Ikeda. "An ‘A’ for Effort: Experimental Evidence on UN Security Council Engagement and Support for US Military Action in Japan." British Journal of Political Science 45, no. 2 (2013): 391–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007123413000343.

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Existing research emphasizes how United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval helps convey information to domestic audiences that military action is conducted with good intentions, for desirable consequences and in a legitimate manner. This information transmission mechanism can also increase support for UNSC-endorsed military action in countries unlikely to provide major contributions to military actions. There is some cross-national evidence supporting the information transmission mechanism in the United States. Examining the causal mechanisms underlying foreign public support for US mili

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Zibusiso, Nyoni, and Darlington N. Mahuku. "The Ethical Impacts by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Peacekeeping Missions in Mitigating Complex African Conflicts: A Qualitative Approach." Indonesian Journal of Community Services 4, no. 1 (2025): 88–95. https://doi.org/10.47540/ijcs.v4i1.1945.

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC), one of the main UN bodies, is charged with promoting and upholding international peace and security. The UNSC is empowered by resolutions to deploy peacekeeping forces to any crisis zone to preserve international peace and security. However, these UN peacekeeping missions have encountered moral conundrums in the course of their work using the DRC as a case study, this research sought to investigate the ethical dilemmas faced by UNSC peacekeeping operations in complex African complexes. The main objective of the study was to critically examine the eth

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Thapa, Chandan Singh. "Enhancing the Effectiveness of United Nations Peacekeeping Missions." Shivapuri Journal 25, no. 1 (2024): 86–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/shivapuri.v25i1.63434.

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The primary responsibility of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is to maintain international peace and security. Since the establishment of the UN in 1948, UNSC through UNSC resolutions has pursued this aim by authorizing various peacekeeping missions. When the effectiveness of UN missions is analyzed, it has mixed responses. Some UN missions are considered very successful while some are criticized for their underperformance. The peacekeeping force has to operate in a volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous, and highly unpredictable environment with various limitations and constraints

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Henderson, Christian. "II. INTERNATIONAL MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN LIBYA AND CÔTE D'IVOIRE." International and Comparative Law Quarterly 60, no. 3 (2011): 767–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020589311000315.

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The interpretation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter has been the elephant in the room, or more accurately the chamber of the Council, since the bitter divisions over the ‘revival argument’ and the invasion of Iraq in 2003.1 Although there has been some evidence of an increase in the specificity of UNSC resolutions in an effort to avoid the same difficulties reoccurring,2 the margin of appreciation provided to States in interpreting the mandates provided to them has recently come into focus again.

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Binder, Martin, and Jonathan Golub. "Civil Conflict and Agenda-Setting Speed in the United Nations Security Council." International Studies Quarterly 64, no. 2 (2020): 419–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaa017.

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Abstract The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) can respond to a civil conflict only if that conflict first enters the Council's agenda. Some conflicts reach the Council's agenda within days after they start, others after years (or even decades), and some never make it. So far, only a few studies have looked at the crucial UNSC agenda-setting stage, and none have examined agenda-setting speed. To fill this important gap, we develop and test a novel theoretical framework that combines insights from realist and constructivist theory with lessons from institutionalist theory and bargaining th

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Iyi, John-Mark. "Of Norms and Ambiguity: The Contested Authority of UN Security Council and African Union in the Use of Force in Africa." Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law 83, no. 1 (2023): 91–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2023-1-91.

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There has been a renewed interest in the debates on the use of force. This resurgence in academic and policy circles can be attributed to the new wave of military interventions after the initial hiatus of the Global War on Terror period. The recent cases of the use of force are once again raising pertinent legal questions regarding the responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security which is vested in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by the United Nations (UN) Charter. This authority, exemplified by the UNSC control of the use of force has been challenged by un

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Petrone, Francesco. "BRICS and Global Governance: Will the Grouping be able to Reform the United Nations Security Council?" International Studies 58, no. 3 (2021): 363–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00208817211029409.

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This article analyses the role played by the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries within the context of the reform of international institutions, in primis the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In recent years, the new emerging powers, among which the BRICS occupy a central position, have instigated a paradigm shift in international relations and global governance (GG). Furthermore, some scholars argue that the BRICS could inaugurate a new world order. Since the United Nations (UN) is one of the institutions in which these changes need to be more broadly reflec

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Kirichenko, E. "The UN Security Council Resolution 1540: to Strengthen the International Law in Non-Proliferation Sphere." World Economy and International Relations, no. 3 (2014): 24–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2014-3-24-33.

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The article addresses the UNSC Resolution 1540 as the unique legally binding document strengthening international legal basis of MDW non-proliferation regime. It analyses the activity of Committee 1540, its priorities, as well as results of monitoring of Resolution implementation by the states-parties to the United Nations.

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Kitharidis, Sophocles. "The Power of Article 103 of the un Charter on Treaty Obligations." Journal of International Peacekeeping 20, no. 1-2 (2016): 111–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18754112-02001008.

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Understanding Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations (un Charter) has proven to be complex and controversial. This provision stipulates that in the event of a conflict, the obligations imposed on un Member States under the un Charter prevail over international treaty obligations. Difficulties arise when state parties must determine whether to construe the provision as applying narrowly only to express Charter obligations, or more widely to obligations generated by Charter bodies such as the United Nations Security Council (unsc). Within the context of un peacekeeping operations, such

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Kanu, Donald, and Tunde Oseni. "United Nations and Collective Agreements on Global Security: Issues and Perspectives." Journal of Contemporary International Relations and Diplomacy 3, no. 2 (2022): 603–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.53982/jcird.2022.0302.07-j.

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Owing to the growing threats of pandemics like the Corona Virus (COVID-19) among other emerging infectious diseases, terrorism, genocide, human trafficking, and the proliferation of small arms and light weapons among others, the study assessed the United Nations (UN) on the collective agreement in maintaining global peace and stability. In achieving these, the study adopted the descriptive research design and derived relevant data through the use of semi-structured interviews with respondents randomly chosen from the five permanent member states of the UN Security Council (UNSC). The system th

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Hauenstein, Matthew, and Madhav Joshi. "Remaining Seized of the Matter: UN Resolutions and Peace Implementation." International Studies Quarterly 64, no. 4 (2020): 834–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaa050.

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Abstract How can the United Nations support peace implementation efforts following civil conflict? Prior research shows that third parties can use a variety of conflict management approaches to prevent civil war recurrence and that peace agreement implementation improves peace duration and quality. However, little research connects these two aspects of postwar peace. We argue that United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions are an important tool that can be quickly used to support the peace. These resolutions can shame parties who do not comply with the agreement, deploy and coordinate

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Dunton, Caroline. "Willing to serve: Empire, status, and Canadian campaigns for the United Nations Security Council (1946–1947)." International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis 75, no. 4 (2020): 529–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020702020980764.

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a place where states can seek international status by campaigning for its elected seats. I understand status as membership in a club and examine both the nature of the hierarchies of status and the responsibilities associated with that membership. To do this, I examine Canada’s first two campaigns to the Security Council in 1946 and 1947 in the context of the origins of the UN. I make a twofold argument. First, I argue that the hierarchy of the UNSC in the late 1940s was an imperial one, within which states campaigned for seats by articulating thei

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Marchesi, Daniele. "The EU Common Foreign and Security Policy in the UN Security Council: Between Representation and Coordination." European Foreign Affairs Review 15, Issue 1 (2010): 97–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eerr2010006.

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Abstract. In Europe, the discussion on the reform of the UN has run parallel to the institutionalization of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Since the Treaty of Maastricht, the CFSP began raising expectations about the possible role of the European Union (EU) in the UN, ranging from a common representation to a more effective coordination of the EU Member States on the Security Council. The purpose of this essay is to explore the link between the reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the development of the CFSP of the EU. To what extent and how does the UN inst

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Sarfati, Agathe. "International humanitarian law and the criminal justice response to terrorism: From the UN Security Council to the national courts." International Review of the Red Cross 103, no. 916-917 (2021): 267–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1816383121000631.

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AbstractSince the adoption of the first United Nations Security Council (UNSC) counterterrorism resolution after the 9/11 attacks, the UNSC has increasingly required the domestic criminalization of “terrorism” acts and ancillary activities. Without the inclusion of an explicit international humanitarian law (IHL) or humanitarian exception, the UNSC has – so far – failed to harmonize the counterterrorism legal framework with IHL, leaving it up to States to define the interaction between the two. In their national legislation and courts, States’ interpretations have varied but counterterrorism l

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Griffiths, Elizabeth, Sara Jarman, and Eric Jensen. "World Peace and Gender Equality: Addressing UN Security Council Resolution 1325’s Weaknesses." Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, no. 27.2 (2021): 247. http://dx.doi.org/10.36641/mjgl.27.2.world.

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The year 2020 marks the twentieth anniversary of the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution (“UNSCR”) 1325, the most important moment in the United Nations’ efforts to achieve world peace through gender equality. Over the past several decades, the international community has strengthened its focus on gender, including the relationship between gender and international peace and security. National governments and the United Nations have taken historic steps to elevate the role of women in governance and peacebuilding. The passage of UNSCR 1325 in 2000 foreshadowed what many hoped

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Obado Ochieng, Mercy. "Elusive Legal Definition of Terrorism at the United Nations." Strathmore Law Journal 3, no. 1 (2017): 65–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.52907/slj.v3i1.30.

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Terrorism is indisputably a serious security threat to states and individuals. Yet, by the end of 2016, there was still lack of consensus on the legal definition of terrorism at the United Nations (UN) level. The key organs of the UN, the Security Council (UNSC) and the General Assembly (UNGA), are yet to agree on a legal definition of terrorism. This disconnect is attributed partly to the heterogeneous nature of terrorist activities and ideological differences among member states. At the UN level, acts of terrorism are mainly tackled from the angle of threats to international peace and securi

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Hultman, Lisa. "UN peace operations and protection of civilians." Journal of Peace Research 50, no. 1 (2013): 59–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343312461662.

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Protection of civilians is now at the forefront of the responsibilities of the international community. There is a strong international norm that civilian populations should be protected from violence. But how committed is the United Nations to acting in line with this norm? I argue that the UN Security Council (UNSC) has an interest in demonstrating that it takes violence against civilians seriously. Through a broadened security agenda including human security, the legitimacy and the credibility of the UNSC hinges on its ability to act as a guarantor of civilian protection. As a consequence,

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Liu, Yinan. "Should the UN Security Council Be Reformed to Better Promote International Peace and Security." Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media 108, no. 1 (2025): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/2024.24998.

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The effectiveness of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has declined significantly in recent decades, weakening its ability to address contemporary security challenges. This paper examines the underlying causes of this decline, with a particular emphasis on the Council's structural inflexibility and the escalation of geopolitical competition among the P5 member states. It explores the ways in which these factors have impeded timely and effective decision-making, resulting in impasse and protracted humanitarian crises, through a comparative analysis of the Kosovo crisis, the Syrian civi

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de Wet, Erika. "Referrals to the International Criminal Court Under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and the Immunity of Foreign State Officials." AJIL Unbound 112 (2018): 33–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aju.2018.13.

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This contribution explores the implications of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) referrals under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the immunity ratione personae of officials of states that are not party to the ICC Statute. While Article 13(b) of the ICC Statute allows the ICC to receive referrals of situations by the UNSC, disagreement remains among authors as to when such a referral removes the customary immunity attached to a head of state of a nonstate party to the ICC Statute. In particular, it remains disputed whether the b

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Murphy, Ben L. "Six senses of the UN Security Council’s interactions with the concept of international responsibility: complicating to contextualise." Cambridge International Law Journal 13, no. 1 (2024): 58–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/cilj.2024.01.04.

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This article brings into focus the relationship between United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision-making under Chapter VII of the UN Charter and the concept of international responsibility. Beginning with the very treaty provision that establishes the UNSC’s position at the apex of the UN Charter collective security regime, Article 24(1), which confers on the UNSC ‘primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security’, but also in many other senses, this fundamental concept of international law is central to almost every aspect of the law and practice of the pri

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Reire, Gunda. "China’s Voting Practice at the UN Security Council, Its Legal and Political Interpretation: Case of Syria." SOCRATES. Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls / SOCRATES. Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Law Electronic Scientific Journal of Law 2, no. 20 (2021): 99–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.099-114.

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This article examines intersection of three contemporary issues that occupy academic thought intensively: China’s global politics, its changing voting practice at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and the international response to the civil war in Syria. The aim of the article is to provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of China’s voting practice in the UNSC regarding the civil war in Syria, to outline a legal and political interpretation of its voting patterns and to conceptualise China’s politics in the UNSC regarding this issue. The article argues that reasons behind China

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Beardsley, Kyle, David E. Cunningham, and Peter B. White. "Resolving Civil Wars before They Start: The UN Security Council and Conflict Prevention in Self-Determination Disputes." British Journal of Political Science 47, no. 3 (2015): 675–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007123415000307.

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A large literature has demonstrated that international action can promote the resolution of civil wars. However, international actors do not wait until violence starts to seek to manage conflicts. This article considers the ways in which the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reduces the propensity for self-determination movements to escalate to civil war, through actions that directly pertain to the disputing actors or that indirectly shape actor incentives. It examines the relationship between the content of UNSC resolutions in all self-determination disputes from 1960 to 2005 and the on

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Ramadhani, Setiawan, Ahmad Sihabuddin, An Naja Putri Chalissa, Sasti Rizky Mustiana, and Zakia Rosida. "The Urgency of Limiting the Use of the Veto in the UN on Security Resolutions and Global Political Stability." Soedirman Law Review 6, no. 4 (2024): 243–60. https://doi.org/10.20884/1.slr.2024.6.4.16083.

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This article examines the implications of the veto power held by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on international conflict resolution and global political stability. The research employs a normative legal methodology, analyzing the UN Charter and relevant historical documents to understand the evolution and application of veto rights. The primary objectives are to assess how the veto affects the UNSC's effectiveness in responding to crises, as illustrated by the Syrian civil war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and to explore potential reforms aimed at

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