{"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":"2026-08-12T21:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:55","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Charter\u2019s primary responsibility for peace and security <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> only organ whose decisions bind <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but structure decides when those powers can be used<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> composition settled in 1945, veto sitting inside it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> structure and functions are not two lists but one relation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>15 members: 5 permanent + nuclear-armed \/ 10 non-permanent, GA-elected, two-year terms <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> veto blocks substantive decision = \u201cGreat Power unanimity\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> functions from persuasion to force: settle peacefully \/ principles of settlement \/ mediation \/ SG investigation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ceasefire <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> peacekeeping troops or observers with consent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> decisions bind, enforceable by sanctions or force under collective security (aggression against one = assault on all) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but powers move only on P5 agreement: Korea 1950 (only because USSR was boycotting), Kuwait 1991 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> paralysis when interests clash: Cold War, Rwanda, Bosnia, Syria, Ukraine <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> same structure breeds the critique: no permanent seat for Africa or Latin America, \u201csecretive and undemocratic\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Edward Luck<\/b>: credibility <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2190<\/span> membership tracking geopolitical and demographic shifts <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> G4 \/ Ezulwini \/ L69<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>the flaws are not a case against the Council <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> they mark the reforms it needs, not its uselessness<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> functions are wide, but work only as the structure allows <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Vajpayee<\/b>: the UN is as effective as members allow<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> composition and veto are the precondition for function <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> until they change, the Council acts only where the great powers already 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