{"id":1580,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/uniting-for-consensus-also-known-as-coffee-club-upsc-psir-2017-4703\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:36","slug":"uniting-for-consensus-also-known-as-coffee-club-upsc-psir-2017-4703","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/uniting-for-consensus-also-known-as-coffee-club-upsc-psir-2017-4703\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Uniting for Consensus\u2019 also known as \u2018Coffee Club\u2019"},"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\">1t membership of the UN Security Council. their major objections. (2017\/15 marks)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 locate group: mid-1990s, Italy-led \u201cCoffee Club\u2019, ~50 states \u2014 line: objections blend principle (no new permanent privilege) + regional rivalry R2 1945 Council frozen \u2192 G4 seeks permanent seats \u2014 UfC forms as the counter-coalition \u2014 its objections now define the reform deadlock<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Objection 1: new permanent seats \u201cfreeze privilege\u201d \u2014 widen small-elite- vs-membership divide \u2014 expand an existing oligarchy \u2014 Objection 2: veto untouched -\u2014 deepens democratic deficit, no cure for paralysis + UfC alternative (March 2024): enlarge only elected tier, longer\/re-electable seats \u2192 rotation + accountability + geographic balance \u2192 Objection 3: Article 108 \u2192 two-thirds GA + all five ratify \u2192 reform must rest on widest consensus \u2192 underlying motive: regional rivalry (Pakistan v India, Italy v Germany) \u2192 think-tank reading<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">India rejects the model \u2192 Kamboj (2024): ignores Africa \/ Global South, \u201cjust vetoes the process\u201d \u2192 calls for \u201cUN 2.0\u201d \u2014 yet UfC numbers block the two-thirds majority \u2192 reform stuck without an agreed text R1 objections coherent in principle yet selective in effect \u2014 democratic language + regional rivalry + Charter rigidity \u2192 entrenches the order it claims toreform R2 objections are real constraints, not mere obstruction \u2192 but deadlock persists \u2192 any breakthrough needs the consensus UfC\u2019s veto-on-privilege denies<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[86],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1580","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-un-system","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1580","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\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2768,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1580\/revisions\/2768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}