The UN is like the international babysitter, keeping a watchful eye and promoting international cooperation on pressing global issues. But when the UN was pressured by
Russia into modifying a resolution that was a bit lax, it begs the question: What enforceable powers does the UN actually have?
Learn More:
U.N. Council, With Russia in
Accord, Tells Insurgents to
Open Wreckage Site
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/world/europe/united-nations-security-council-measure-demands-access-to-ukraine-wreckage
.html?_r=0
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The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution that "condemns in the strongest terms"
... "
SECURITY COUNCIL COALESCES AROUND RESOLUTION
2166 (2014) ON MALAYSIAN
JET CRASH: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY, FULL
ACCESS TO
SITE,
HALT TO MILITARY ACTIVITIES
http://www.un.org/
News/Press/docs/2014/sc11483.doc
.htm
"Deploring the downing of
Malaysian Airlines flight
MH17 in eastern
Ukraine on 17 July and voicing concern that armed groups had impeded access to the crash site..."
UN Security Council
http://www.un.org/en/sc/
"Under the
Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
peace and security."
The United Nations Security Council: Its
Veto Power and Its
Reform
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/peace_conflict/docs/working_papers/UNSC_paper
.pdf
The Countermeasure of
Disobedience: Implementing the
Responsibility of
International Organisations
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers
.cfm?abstract_id=2227734
"This short study in memory of Sir
Ian Brownlie QC discusses the countermeasure of disobedience as a means of implementation of the responsibility of international organisations."
An Overview of
Disobeying the Security Council
http://www.dipublico.com.ar/7533/an-overview-of-disobeying-the-security-council/
"Disobedience of an illegal or unjust command has long been a source of inspiration and scholarly excitement for lawyers, philosophers, and even dramatists, among many others."
Watch More:
Will
Anyone Pay for the
Malaysian Flight Disaster in Ukraine?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWGnEFqZ_eI&list;=UUgRvm1yLFoaQKhmaTqXk9SA
Should
Catholic Priests Be Able to Marry?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzNUPFNFTqI
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- published: 25 Jul 2014
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