Abstract

The United Nation Security Council, although it has been the most reformed organ of the Organization, does not currently respond to the claims of democracy of the international community. In this regard, this article proposes four theoretical legal assumptions that should underpin the democratization of the aforementioned organ, regarding the structure and operation established by the UN Charter. The use of applicable methods in the Legal Sciences allowed the formulation of the postulates, among them: the recognition of the perspective of democracy in the UN Charter, and the transformation of the voting system into non-procedural matters and in relation to the processes of reform and revision of the UN Charter.

Highlights

  • The United Nations (UN), as a representative of Public International Law, is structured by different organs, which fulfill certain functions and contribute to the development of the smooth development of multifaceted relationships on a global scale

  • The Security Council consists of 15 members, five of them permanent and ten nonpermanent, charged with the ensuring international peace and security

  • The present study aims to: argue the theoretical legal assumptions that should underpin the democratization of the UN Secretariat. The Security Council (UNSC) regarding the structure and operation established by the UN Charter from the perspective of the democracy

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Introduction

The United Nations (UN), as a representative of Public International Law, is structured by different organs, which fulfill certain functions and contribute to the development of the smooth development of multifaceted relationships on a global scale.

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