Abstract
This paper outlines what can be done to reform the backbone of the United Nations to further the work of the organization. That is the General Assembly, the Security Council and ECOSOC. It shows that the General Assembly can play a stronger role in international peace and security matters by suggesting peace proposals for potential conflicts, and inform the Security Council if, and when, it is not in agreement with measures taken by the Council. The paper comments on ongoing negotiations on Security Council reform and shows the difficulty of reforming the veto clause. It suggests that ECOSOC deals with both economic and social causes of conflicts and develops macro-economic and macro-social strategies to prevent conflict for the General Assembly to recommend to member states and onwards to the Security Council to act on. Some concrete examples are indicated to that effect.
Highlights
In the United Nations Charter, three of six organs are set out to discuss UN matters
The strategies can end up as General Assembly resolutions addressed to member states and the Security Council
This way, economic causes, such as uneven allocation of revenues from natural resources in society, which notoriously is a root of conflicts, can be dealt with in peace negotiations under the umbrella of the Security Council, when new societal models for long-lived conflict-ridden member states are reviewed
Summary
In the United Nations Charter, three of six organs are set out to discuss UN matters. According to Article 24.1 of the Charter, member states of the United Nations (that is the General Assembly) “confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf”. The Security Council The Security Council is the executive organ of the United Nations It has binding powers as regards enforcement measures for the maintenance of international peace and security (Chapter VII action) and advisory powers as concerns the pacific settlement of disputes (Chapter VI action), and it may request both the General Assembly and ECOSOC to furnish it with information in this respect. A reform, which upholds the legitimacy of the Security Council, is a must for the United Nations, the Security Council being a defining organ of the organization
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