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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassler, Sabine, author.

Series:

Routledge Research in International Law

Routledge research in international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations. Security Council--Membership.

United Nations.

United Nations. Security Council--Rules and practice.

United Nations. Security Council--Reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book comprehensively examines the different proposals put forward for reforming the UN Security Council by analysing their objectives and exploring whether the implementation of these proposals would actually create a representative and more effective Security Council. The book places the discussion on reform of Security Council membership in the context of the council's primary responsibility, which is at the helm of the UN collective security system. The author contends that only a Council that is adequately representative of the UN membership can claim to legitimately act on the mem

Contents:

Cover; Reforming the UN Security Council Membership: The Illusion of Representativeness; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Tables; Introduction; 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 ForceSubcontracting - Legitimizing the Use of Force; Sidestepping the Council - The Effect of the Unilateral Approach; Is the Security Council Still Fulfi Lling Its Task?; Adapting to Changing Demands; Rwanda . . . Drc . . . Sudan . . .; Conclusion; 2. The Security Council's Composition and Membership; Introduction; Historically Determined Structure; A 'Stable' Core; Votes, Vetoes and Privileges; The Power Prerogative; The Permanent Members; The United States of America (Us); 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; Conclusion; 3. Institutional Reform and Its Signifi Cance for the Security Council; Introduction; 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 ChangeReforming the Security Council Membership; An Open-Ended Working Group; Conclusion; 4. Proposals on Representativeness; Introduction; The Security Council - An Anachronism?; The Legitimacy of Permanent Member Governance; 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; Conclusion; 5. Proposals on Size; Introduction; Enlarging the Security Council

In Favour of Limited EnlargementMembership Ratios; Action Threshold; Potential Impact on Effectiveness and Effi Ciency; Adding to the Permanent Membership; Pro Adding; Anti Adding; An Appraisal; Adding to the Non-Permanent Membership; An Appraisal; Conclusion; 6. Proposals to Remedy Imbalance; Introduction; 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; An Appraisal; A New Type or Category of Membership; Gauging Attitudes

New Permanent Members Without the Veto Power

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-135-13708-0

0-203-07833-0

1-283-89405-X

1-135-13709-9

9780203078334

OCLC:

823389786