Elected member influence in the United Nations Security Council
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2019-11-28
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Farrall, Jeremy
Loiselle, Marie-Eve
Michaelson, Christopher
Prantl, Jochen
Whalan, Jeni
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Cambridge University Press
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This article reassesses how members of the UN Security Council exercise influence over the Council's decision-making process, with particular focus on the ten elected members (the E10). A common understanding of Security Council dynamics accords predominance to the five permanent members (the P5), suggesting bleak prospects for the Council as a forum that promotes the voices and representation of the 188 non-permanent members. The assumption is that real power rests with the P5, while the E10 are there to make up the numbers. By articulating a richer account of Council dynamics, this article contests the conventional wisdom that P5 centrality crowds out space for the E10 to influence Council decision-making. It also shows that opportunities for influencing Council decision-making go beyond stints of elected membership. It argues that the assumed centrality of the P5 on the Council thus needs to be qualified and re-evaluated.
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decsion-making, elected members’ influence, reform, UN Security Council
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Leiden Journal of International Law
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