Reform of the UN Security Council
Briefing
22-05-2013
The divergent responses of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to the crises in Syria and Libya – a veto on action in the former case contrasted with authorisation for action in the latter – have once again provided a reminder of the power of the UNSC's veto-wielding permanent members to determine when the UN's collective security system may come into action.
Briefing
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- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- institutional reform
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international security
- international security
- political framework
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- settlement of disputes
- the EU's international role
- UN General Assembly
- UN Security Council
- United Nations
- United Nations Charter
- veto