{"id":1473,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-endorse-that-the-united-nations-needs-major-changes-in-its-upsc-psir-2016-3501\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:30","slug":"do-you-endorse-that-the-united-nations-needs-major-changes-in-its-upsc-psir-2016-3501","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-endorse-that-the-united-nations-needs-major-changes-in-its-upsc-psir-2016-3501\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you endorse that the United Nations needs major changes in its structures and functioning? Suggest the changes for efficient improvements."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Rk} Hammarskj\u00e9ld&#039;s minimum test (save humanity from hell) \u2192 Rwanda \/ Srebrenica \/ Darfur fall below even that \u2192 endorse major change R2 Joel Ng: legitimacy = representation + effectiveness \u2192 UN short on both \u2192 so structures and functioning both need change<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Council&#039;s composition frozen at 1945 \u2192 no permanent seat for Africa \/ Latin America \u2192 veto converts P5 rivalry into paralysis (Syria, Ukraine) \u2192 same fault runs into functioning: no standing army, borrowed troops, slow deployment, funding shortfalls \u2192 Barnett: reactive, not preventive \u2192 hence remedies on both tracks \u2192 structure: expand both categories (Africa, Latin America, India), Annan&#039;s 24-member plan, restrain the veto, greater decision-making weight for the General Assembly \u2192 functioning: peacekeeping \u2192 peacebuilding, quicker deployment, Sachs on merging \/closing overlapping programmes, Secretariat transparency + independent oversight<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Weiss: entrenched interests will not concede reform without a burden-sharing bargain \u2192 UN80 (2026): posts cut 21%, Council composition untouched \u2192 efficiency can be administered, representation must be conceded \u2192 Guterres himself: status quo &quot;untenable&quot;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Vajpayee: UN only as effective as members allow \u2192 reform begins at the top, in the Council, or the body goes moribund R2 managerial reform without Council reform leaves the veto intact \u2192 representation remains the test of a credible UN<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[78],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1473","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-united-nations","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2682,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1473\/revisions\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}