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[ClarissaMach]

The theme were the changes in the UN security council from 1989 on.



Since the end of the Cold War, the global community has gone through significant changes that have had a tremendous impact on the actions of the UN Security Council, such as the disaggregation of the Soviet Union, the new role played by developing nations and the global threats concerning international webs of crime.

The geopolitical turmoil that swept nations across Eastern Europe was one of the first challenges faced by the UNSC in the emerging order. A number of violent conflicts, sometimes concerning ethnic issues, reshaped the boundaries of the region, especially in the Balkans. These conflicts demanded great efforts from the Council in a world where no longer two single mighties only decided what to do.

Another relevant change ascribed to UNSC actions is ascribed to the mounting importance of former �Third world� nations in the global scene, a phenomenon named by some �the rise of the rest�. Today, only five nations have permanent seats in the Security Council, as well as the right of veto: China, Russia, USA, England and France. But a score of developing nations demand this to be altered; they claim the Council will only have more representativeness if it broadens the number of member states. That is the case of Brazil and India; together with Japan and German, they form the G4, a group that seeks to amplify the number of permanent and non permanent seats.

A third change concerns the nature of some of the new security issues that threatens the world: they are not tied to a single region, liable to be locally resolved; rather, they are connected to international webs of crime. Drug trafficking and terrorism are examples. These issues entail examining interrelations between various processes within and between states.

Complex issues can not be solved with cursory attempts. The new world order asks for a more flexible and even more qualified Security Council, so that it is capable to deal with these new challenges with innovative and visionary ideas. The reform of the Council might help to tackle this, especially if its agents manage to provide solutions that respect different points of view.
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[Barnez1]

Since the end of the Cold War, the global community has gone through significant changes that have had a tremendous impact on the actions of the UN Security Council (UNSC), such as the disaggregation of the Soviet Union, the new role played by developing nations and the global threats concerning international webs of crime.

The geopolitical turmoil that swept nations across Eastern Europe was one of the first challenges faced by the UNSC in the emerging order. A number of violent conflicts that sometimes concerned ethnic issues reshaped the boundaries of the region, especially in the Balkans. These conflicts demanded great efforts from the Council in a world where two single mighties no longer independently decided what to do.

Another relevant change ascribed to the UNSC's actions is the mounting importance of former 'Third World' nations in the global scene, a phenomenon named by some as 'the rise of the rest'. Today, only five nations have permanent seats, as well as the right of veto, in the Security Council: China, Russia, the USA, the UK and France. But a score of developing nations now demand that this must be altered; they claim the Council will only have more representativeness if it broadens the number of member states. That is the case for Brazil and India, who together with Japan and German have formed the G4, a group that seeks to amplify the number of permanent and non permanent seats.

A third change concerns the nature of some of the new security issues that threaten the world. These are not tied to a single region and liable to be locally resolved; rather, they are connected to international webs of crime. Drug trafficking and terrorism are examples. These issues entail examining the interrelations between various processes within and amongst states.

Complex issues cannot be solved with cursory attempts. The new world order asks for a more flexible, and even more qualified Security Council, so that it is capable of dealing with these new challenges with innovative and visionary ideas. Reform of the Council might help to tackle these issues, especially if its agents manage to provide solutions that respect the many different points of view.



While the following terms and expressions are not incorrect, you might consider the alternatives as being more appropriate in this context:

disaggregation = disintegration
mighties = superpowers/heavyweights/global giants
decided what to do = called the shots


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[ClarissaMach]

Thanks a lot, Barnez1!
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