UNSC

Legislation

Chapter 5 of the Charter of the United Nations (1945) ➢ Resolution power under Ch. VII

Timor case study

East Timor case study: ➢ Resolution 1246 (1999) INTERFET, resulted in (Gen. Peter Cosgrove 2000) 80% of violence being quelled in under 30 days ➢ The Australian article Stories of East Timor (2019) ‘highly successful in quelling militia violence’ ➢ UNTAET - direct administration → stability

Kwait-iraq case

Kuwait-Iraq Case Study: ➢ Resolution 678 (1990) Authorised coalition to ‘use all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660’ ➢ Resolution 687 (1991) Iraq-Kuwait PKO ➢ According to George Mason University’s article Preventing a Conflict Relapse between Iraq and Kuwait (2004) peacekeeping operations ‘greatly stabilised the situation and created a window for the ongoing work’

Veto

Russia and China have vetoed 17 (e.g S/2011/612) resolutions under (Art. 27 of UNC) regarding Syria ➢ Interpreter article How the UNSC failed Syria (2017) stated the UNSC had ‘unequivocally failed the Syrian people’ ➢ UN Human Rights 2022, 84 killed per day

Ukraine

Ukraine: Conversation 2022 ‘peace can’t be enforced when your enforcer is the one breaching the peace’