The Security Council: collective security and peacekeeping for human security

Abstract

Although human security is not originally designed to be an integral part of the UN collective security system, the idea that the Security Council should address human security issues only emerged in the late 1990s. However, these attempts to incorporate the human security agenda into the practice of the Security Council within the framework of collective security have involved inevitable difficulties in reconciling competing priorities. This chapter unravels the inherent tension that has arisen from the use of collective enforcement and peacekeeping operations as the means of advancing human security.