{"id":1482,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-structure-and-functions-of-un-security-council-upsc-psir-2023-3510\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:30","slug":"discuss-the-structure-and-functions-of-un-security-council-upsc-psir-2023-3510","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-structure-and-functions-of-un-security-council-upsc-psir-2023-3510\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the structure and functions of UN Security Council."},"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! Charter&#039;s primary responsibility for peace and security \u2192 only organ whose decisions bind \u2192 but structure decides when those powers can be used R2) composition settled in 1945, veto sitting inside it \u2192 structure and functions are not two lists but one relation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">15 members: 5 permanent + nuclear-armed \/ 10 non-permanent, GA-elected, two- year terms \u2192 veto blocks substantive decision = &quot;Great Power unanimity&quot; \u2192 functions from persuasion to force: settle peacefully \/ principles of settlement \/ mediation \/ SG investigation \u2192 ceasefire \u2192 peacekeeping troops or observers with consent \u2192 decisions bind, enforceable by sanctions or force under collective security (aggression against one = assault on all) \u2192 but powers move only on P5 agreement: Korea 1950 (only because USSR was boycotting), Kuwait 1991 \u2192 paralysis when interests clash: Cold War, Rwanda, Bosnia, Syria, Ukraine \u2192 same structure breeds the critique: no permanent seat for Africa or Latin America, \u201csecretive and undemocratic&quot; \u2192 Edward Luck: credibility \u2014 membership tracking geopolitical and demographic shifts \u2192 G4 \/ Ezulwini \/ L69<\/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 flaws are not a case against the Council \u2192 they mark the reforms it needs, not its uselessness<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Rk! functions are wide, but work only as the structure allows \u2192 Vajpayee: the UN is as effective as members allow R2) composition and veto are the precondition for function \u2192 until they change, the Council acts only where the great powers already agree<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[78],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1482","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-20-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\/1482","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\/1482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2690,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1482\/revisions\/2690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}