{"id":1479,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/what-measures-have-been-undertaken-by-the-united-nations-for-its-upsc-psir-2021-3507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:30","slug":"what-measures-have-been-undertaken-by-the-united-nations-for-its-upsc-psir-2021-3507","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/what-measures-have-been-undertaken-by-the-united-nations-for-its-upsc-psir-2021-3507\/","title":{"rendered":"What measures have been undertaken by the United Nations for its reforms?"},"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! reform has been steady but uneven.. change came where the P5 did not have to consent; stalled where they did R2_ restructuring debate running since the Council&#039;s Heads of Government met, 31 January 1992 \u2192 aim: a more democratic, effective, responsive UN \u2192 measures follow that aim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">enlargement first: membership 51 (1945) \u2192 193, mostly 1960s decolonisation \u2192 UNSC non-permanent seats 6 \u2192 10 (1963) \u2192 negotiations on working methods\/representation continue \u2192 system broadened: UNDP, UNICEF, WFP \u2192 development track: Kofi Annan&#039;s coherence reforms (1990s) \u2192 2030 Agenda + SDGs replace MDGs \u2192 rights track: Human Rights Council replaces Commission on Human Rights (2006) \u2192 latest: Guterres&#039;s three-area restructuring (development system \/ peace and security architecture \/ management) \u2192 political and peacebuilding affairs split from peace operations<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">the core is untouched \u2192 2005 World Summit Outcome Document sought a representative Council, no unanimity \u2192 Charter amendment needs two-thirds of the Assembly + two-thirds of the Council including every permanent member \u2192 Weiss: entrenched interests block reform<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R!) machinery reformed; Council composition and the veto await political agreement R2) reform incremental and glacial \u2192 direction clear (a Council reflecting contemporary power), but major-power rivalry keeps it slow<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[78],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1479","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-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\/1479","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\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2687,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1479\/revisions\/2687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}