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Apr 2010
Efforts are underway to make the UN Security Council more representative, legitimate, and efficient. However, the reform project is blocked by disagreements, regional rivalries, and institutional obstacles. A loss of legitimacy is increasingly likely. Small and medium-sized states in particular have an interest in strengthening the UN’s comprehensive multilateralism and thus pre-empting tendencies towards unilateralism or ad-hoc coalitions. Unblocking reform demands that all sides display willingness to compromise. It is important that the reform goals not be watered down in the process.
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Author | Daniel Trachsler |
Series | CSS Analysis in Security Policy |
Issue | 72 |
Publisher | Center for Security Studies (CSS) |
Copyright | © 2010 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich |