Discuss the structure and functions of UN Security Council.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Charter’s primary responsibility for peace and security → only organ whose decisions bind → but structure decides when those powers can…
Do you endorse that the United Nations needs major changes in its structures and functioning? Suggest the changes for efficient improvements.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Hammarskjöld’s minimum test (save humanity from hell) → Rwanda / Srebrenica / Darfur fall below even that → endorse major changeRoute…
Do you agree with the view that despite the limitations in the functioning of the UN, it has distinguished and unique achievements to its credit?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Hammarskjöld’s yardstick (save from hell, not carry to heaven) → judged so, agree → limits and achievements share one rootRoute 2…
Discuss the relevance of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on the security of women in conflict zones.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 31 Oct 2000, adopted unanimously → first time women’s safety in war treated as international peace and security, not welfare →…
In what way does the predominance of the USA in the UN funding affect its decision-making?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 one member, one vote whatever it pays → US at the 22% ceiling + nearly 27% of peacekeeping → influence travels…
Evaluate the role of the International Court of Justice in inter-State disputes.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 1945, principal judicial organ → only forum where one state can sue another → writ bounded at both ends: consent at…
Discuss the significance and urgency of the UN Security Council reforms. Explain the relevance of the reforms proposals made by the UN Secretary- General Antonio Guterres for the developing countries.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 only organ whose decisions bind → seats still mirror 1945 → Council reform = the UN’s authority → and it is…
What measures have been undertaken by the United Nations for its reforms?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 reform has been steady but uneven → change came where the P5 did not have to consent; stalled where they didRoute…
Discuss the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ as set by the United Nations.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Charter’s development pledge → most UN resources sit here, not in peace operations → well-being as precondition of lasting peace →…
Describe the composition of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Discuss its voluntary jurisdiction.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 principal judicial organ, 1945, The Hague → bench built to represent the world → jurisdiction reaches only as far as states…
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