Beyond the veto: Roles in UN security council decision-making

Gifkins, J

Beyond the veto: Roles in UN security council decision-making

Gifkins, J

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Publisher:: Brill Academic Publishers
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Global Governance, 2021, 27, (1), pp. 1-24
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Gifkins, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0551-787X
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-18T03:58:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-18T03:58:23Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Global Governance, 2021, 27, (1), pp. 1-24
dc.identifier.issn	1075-2846
dc.identifier.issn	1942-6720
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/172786
dc.description.abstract	The formal rules governing the UN Security Council offer little insight into how negotiations are conducted on a day-to-day basis. While it is generally assumed that permanent members dominate negotiations, this article investigates avenues for influence for elected members and the UN Secretariat. Institutional power is used to show how permanent members adopt dominant positions in negotiations extending far beyond their Charter-given privileges. Dominance of permanent members is moderated, however, by the legitimacy that support from elected members brings to a resolution. Similarly, the UN Secretariat can use its legitimated authority to influence decisions. The article argues that informal practices are key in understanding how power and influence are allocated in the Council and it forms a building block for future analyses of Security Council practices. This argument also has implications for the perennial reform debates and the prospects for informal reform.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
dc.relation.ispartof	Global Governance
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1163/19426720-02701003
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1503 Business and Management, 1605 Policy and Administration, 1606 Political Science
dc.subject.classification	International Relations
dc.subject.classification	4407 Policy and administration
dc.subject.classification	4408 Political science
dc.title	Beyond the veto: Roles in UN security council decision-making
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of International Studies
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Abstract:

The formal rules governing the UN Security Council offer little insight into how negotiations are conducted on a day-to-day basis. While it is generally assumed that permanent members dominate negotiations, this article investigates avenues for influence for elected members and the UN Secretariat. Institutional power is used to show how permanent members adopt dominant positions in negotiations extending far beyond their Charter-given privileges. Dominance of permanent members is moderated, however, by the legitimacy that support from elected members brings to a resolution. Similarly, the UN Secretariat can use its legitimated authority to influence decisions. The article argues that informal practices are key in understanding how power and influence are allocated in the Council and it forms a building block for future analyses of Security Council practices. This argument also has implications for the perennial reform debates and the prospects for informal reform.

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