Event

Imagining a Renewed United Nations

Date
28 Nov 2023
Time
17:00 UK time
Speakers
Prof. Vesselin Popovski
Professor Richard Caplan
Where
Manor Road Building, Seminar Room G , Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Audience
Members of the University only
Booking
Not required
UN Security Council reform has been discussed for three decades but little has been done to make this principal organ more efficient and representative. The process has focused primarily on enlarging the membership and which countries can become new permanent members. Dr. Vesselin Popovski criticizes such an approach and recommends to aspiring members to abandon the entire idea of permanent membership and instead lead the UN General Assembly towards removing the major ‘cancer’ in the UN body – the veto power.