Has the Council's Authority Expanded Over the Years, and How? Provide Concrete Examples

United Nations Security Council
Social Sciences
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The United Nations Organization was founded after World War II to advocate for political unity and peaceful coexistence among nations. Many nations subscribed to this body and penned agreement to the body through their various leaders of that time. United Nations Organization has various arms dealing with different issues. Some of these arms include ;UNEP ,addressing the environmental issues, UNHRC ,dealing with human rights, and Security Council among others. To foster for success in its operations, each state has signed a treaty supporting the body.
The United Nations Security Council is the organ concerned with ensuring peace and security. It arbitrates between nations in conflict to ensure that peace is restored. It deals with various criminal cases, such as terrorism, international conflicts and so on. In this study, the limits of the Council’s power in identifying threats to global security will be discussed. Furthermore, analysis will be done of whether the Council has been expanding or not.
The primary role of each Nation is to offer protection to its citizens. It is a requirement by the international laws as stipulated by the UN Security Council. It calls for all participating countries to give adequate internal security in their respective countries. The aim of such emphasis is to ensure that there is peace, tranquility and stability among the member nations of UN. Peace is very crucial for a country’s internal development. It fosters for growth and prosperity among the citizens of the country (Hultman, Kathman & Shannon, 2013). When the government in place restores and advocates for peace, the citizens in return appreciate and show their absolute loyalty to the State and also to each other.
Without peace, a nation becomes desolate and in a quagmire ,with no direction due to lack of proper guidance. People live in fear. Some cannot even trust their friends and family members.Consequently, even investors are scared away. It is important to note that investors are only attracted to countries mainly as a result of prevailing peace in the said nations. It gives a promise of stability both economically and politically. All developing countries depend on the investors for the growth of their economy. When these people are scared away, the economic scale of these Nations come to a standstill in terms of growth and expansion.
The United Nations Security Council not only advocates for peace within a country but also across the country’s borders. Currently, the body has been faced with various problems in executing its roles. First is the threat posed by the rise of global terrorism. These groups are out to disrupt peace while targeting particular events and countries.It relies wholly on the UN Security Council to declare a problem a threat to the international peace. This role has been under question and scrutiny.
Some terror groups that the Council has reported include, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, ISIL, ANF, among other affiliates. In describing these groups, the Council remarks that they carry out their work with the intention of violating human rights. They conduct inhuman killings of innocent individuals....