THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IN MAINTAINING GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY
AUTHORS – NISHTHA ANAND* & DR. AXITA SHRIVASTAVA**
* STUDENT AT AMITY UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
** ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT AMITY UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
BEST CITATION – NISHTHA ANAND & DR. AXITA SHRIVASTAVA, THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IN MAINTAINING GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (5) OF 2025, PG. 11-16, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
ABSTRACT
The Security Council is one of six bodies that make up the United Nations. The Security Council was assigned the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security by the United Nations Charter.
Using qualitative analysis, this dissertation looks at the context of the establishment of the United Nations and the Security Council, outlining the structure of the Security Council by examining its composition, theory, and practice.
There has always been debate around the theory of the Security Council and whether the drafters of the United Nations Charter intended the Council to be a system of collective security. Moreover, there have been new developments in the practice of the Security Council, like the use of new principles such as the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in the drafting of the resolutions and the Protection of Civilians (PoC) as the main principle and task for the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, which have seen an increase in importance as well as innovations for their implementation.[1]
The dissertation discusses the critical resolutions and mechanisms of the Security Council, like sanctions, which are one of the most important mechanisms to coerce states to comply with the resolutions against threats to international peace and security. As well as the theory of global governance and its developments, its relation to the Security Council, and the role of the Security Council in the issues of disarmament and nuclear proliferation.
The dissertation also qualitatively examines three case studies, which are the most recent examples of wars in the twenty-first century and they are Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine, and how the Security Council addressed those conflicts.
The reform of the Security Council is a long-discussed topic with many calls and proposals. There are no doubt implications, whether the Council is reformed or remains in the same structure. Currently, calls for reform and restructuring are at an all-time high as the world sees major developments.
[1] S.G. Hauck, R. Kunz & M. Milas, Public International Law (2024), https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003451327