The next few months provide a vital window of opportunity for the two organizations to collectively address instability in Sudan.
Tag: security council
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Taking into consideration the spirit of the March Security Council resolution and an evaluation of the state of MONUSCO makes clear the need for a controlled and sound plan for the mission’s exit from the DRC.
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In light of its mandate, the extent to which the United Nations Security Council can or should take steps on climate-related peace and security issues is an increasingly urgent question.
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The United Nation’s most powerful, non-military response to global threats and security breaches remains, despite critics, skeptics, and procrastinators, its sanctions system. The one single insight on which most can agree is that sanctions are a very prominent aspect of the work of the Security Council. Most other issues however have been for many years misunderstood, misinterpreted, and in general, UN sanctions are poorly implemented.
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Post-Cold War criticism of the Council seems to ignore the fact that the pre-1990s power struggles between the US and Soviet Union, and those countries in their respective spheres of influence, had a similarly, if not more pronounced, paralyzing effect on decision-making.
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The UN Ebola Crisis Manager for Liberia discusses the outbreak in the country, what has worked so far, and assesses the overall interagency effort on the ground.
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Security Council Resolution 2177 declaring the Ebola crisis a “threat to international peace and security” is evidence that health issues have become increasingly securitized within the UN system.
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To be successfully implemented, UN Security Council Resolution 2178 requires the inclusion of local and contextual measures that can enhance community resilience.
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The Security Council’s unanimous decision to authorize the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians without state consent is no small feat. Will it set a new precedent?
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The termination process is not often examined when creating sanctions, but it is key to their effectiveness.
