Reforming the UN Security Council membership : the illusion of representativeness / Sabine Hassler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassler, Sabine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations. Security Council--Rules and practice.

United Nations.

United Nations. Security Council--Membership.

United Nations. Security Council--Reform.

United Nations. Security Council.

Physical Description:

xv, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Security Council at the helm of UN collective security

Introduction

From individual to collective security

Systems of collective security

UN collective security

The Security Council's mandate

Primary responsibility - power without limits?

Peaceful settlement or enforcement action

Determining a `threat to' or `breach of' the peace

Breaking new ground - a `global legislator'?

The Council `acts' - authorizing the use of force

Subcontracting - legitimizing the use of force

Sidestepping the Council - the effect of the unilateral approach

Is the Security Council still fulfilling its task?

Adapting to changing demands

Rwanda ... DRC ... Sudan ...

Conclusion

2.The Security Council's composition and membership

Historically determined structure

A `stable' core

Votes, vetoes and privileges

The power prerogative

The permanent members

The United States of America (US)

Contents note continued: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)/Russian Federation (Russia)

The Republic of China (China)

France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)

The non-permanent members

Eligibility and `seating arrangements'

Keeping pace with changes in UN membership

3.Institutional reform and its significance for the Security Council

International organizations and reform

Institutional design

UN efforts at comprehensive reform

Overcoming (institutional) inertia

Means of UN reform

UN Charter amendment

Procedure

The 1963 reform precedent

Likelihood of success - again

Security Council reform efforts

Seeking change

Reforming the Security Council membership

An Open-Ended Working Group

4.Proposals on representativeness

The Security Council - an anachronism?

The legitimacy of permanent member governance

Contents note continued: Increased UN membership and Article 24 obligations

Heavy bias towards the industrialized North

Principal expectations of change

What does representativeness mean?

Democratic representation

Participation

Equitable geographic distribution

Legitimacy

Effectiveness

5.Proposals on size

Enlarging the Security Council

In favour of limited enlargement

Membership ratios

Action threshold

Potential impact on effectiveness and efficiency

Adding to the permanent membership

Pro adding

Anti adding

An appraisal

Adding to the non-permanent membership

6.Proposals to remedy imbalance

Proposals for better representation

Non-permanent member representation

Eligible candidates for permanent membership

Brazil

India

Japan and/or Germany

The Japanese-German issue

Japan

Germany

Contents note continued: A new type or category of membership

Gauging attitudes

New permanent members without the veto power

Permanent regional representation by rotation

Semi-permanent membership

Regional representation by organizations

7.Membership criteria, power prerogatives and periodic review

Criteria for Security Council membership

Interpretation and application of the Article 23(1) criteria

Additional criteria

Permanent membership criteria

The financial factor

Military contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security

Size of population and other possible criteria

Power prerogatives

The `cascade effect'

The veto power

Retention

Extension to new permanent members

Non-extension to new permanent members

Abolition

Placing limitations on the use of the veto

Overriding the veto

Negative vote NOT veto

Procedural veto

Written justification

Contents note continued: Limitation to Chapter VII action

The future of the veto

A periodic review clause

8.A `perfect' Security Council?

The quest for formal representativeness

A `panacea'?

The factor of formal leadership

The factor of equitable representation

The symbolic significance of Security Council membership

Keeping the idea(l) alive

Progress so far - prospects for success

A proposal

Structure

Membership

Criteria

Voting

Size

Is formal amendment really the answer?

Informal adaptation

Improved consultation

Informal methods of participation

Financial independence

9.Concluding thoughts

Preparing the collective security system for the future

Present state

Changing demands

Alternatives to Security Council action

Who acts when the Council does not?

Power-sharing with other principal UN organs

Outlook

Notes

Further reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0203078330

0415505909

9780203078334

9780415505901

OCLC:

824699546

Publisher Number:

60001718148