U.N. Security Council permanent membership: A new proposal for a 21st century council
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Kelly, Michael J.
Kelly, Michael J.
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School of Law
School of Law
Subjects
United Nations. Security Council; International organization
United Nations. Security Council; International organization
Title
U.N. Security Council permanent membership: A new proposal for a 21st century council
U.N. Security Council permanent membership: A new proposal for a 21st century council
Authors
Kelly, Michael J.
Kelly, Michael J.
Journal
Seton Hall Law Review
Seton Hall Law Review
Volume
31
Issue
2
Pages
319-399
31
Issue
2
Pages
319-399
Date
2000
2000
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Michael J. Kelly, U.N. Security Council Permanent Membership: A New Proposal for a 21st Century Council, 31 Seton Hall L. Rev. 319 (2000).
Michael J. Kelly, U.N. Security Council Permanent Membership: A New Proposal for a 21st Century Council, 31 Seton Hall L. Rev. 319 (2000).
Abstract
The permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council has been static since its creation - the victorious Allied Powers from the Second World War (U.S., Britain, France, Russia) plus China. The Chinese and Russian seats have changed governments, but no new states have been added to the Council, which is unrepresentative of the world today ethnically, religiously, geographically, or along any other categorical line. This paper proposes altering the make-up of the Security Council's permanent membership by adding major states from Latin America, Asia and Africa, as well as Germany and Japan in a scheme of seat rotation that would assure meaningful membership and representative capacity when coupled with a new form of veto power known as the procedural veto.
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Copyright (c) 2000 Michael J. Kelly
Copyright (c) 2000 Michael J. Kelly