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Is United Nations Security Council capable of maintaining Human Security without a necessary reform?
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Abstract ’Security,’ according to the conventional definition, is defined as protection against foreign military assaults (traditional security). However, the current emergence of non-traditional security concerns related to health, environment, and energy requires an updated definition and involvement of a ... view more
’Security,’ according to the conventional definition, is defined as protection against foreign military assaults (traditional security). However, the current emergence of non-traditional security concerns related to health, environment, and energy requires an updated definition and involvement of a hegemonic organization for security maintenance purposes. An international organization already exists, named the Security Council of the United Nations, which is tasked with ensuring peace and global security. As technology and biotechnology advance, they could affect the earth’s inhabitants in various ways. The Security Council has the essential role of responding to current and future global security crises; however, through a glance into the history, the Security Council’s stagnation to respond is a result of its perilous structure and ambiguity in Chapter VII, which omits its full potential in terms of obligations to address global security crises. Therefore, the Security Council reforms seem necessary in order to prevent the world from descending into the dark ages because of the pragmatism of permanent members’ competition. Actors maintain a goal of trying to isolate and constrain their opponents by spontaneous and unanticipated measures within the structure of the Security Council. This ultimately does not leads to regaining the damaged originality of the security council and the United Nations by blocking it to respond strictly and effectively to security concerns. If not, consequently, the UN member states might pursue individual or regional actions to address non-traditional and traditional security concerns and defend their interests, as they currently started to do and were doing before forming the international system.... view less
Keywords
UNO; UN Security Council; human security; international security; peacekeeping; organizational structure
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
purpose and relevance of reforming the Security Council
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-7
Journal
Academia Letters (2022)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.20935/AL5086
ISSN
2771-9359
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed