The Reform of the Security Council of the United Nations

Throughout our study of the United Nations as an International Organization concerned with maintaining peace and security from its inception to the present day, we came across various critiques appointed to the world body. However, what can be concluded from the duration of this criticism and from the lack of a new solution’s implementation to put the organisation “back to life”, is that there isn’t still a consensus about what should be done. Is it even possible to reform the United Nations? It seems that the debate is not heading to its maximum efficiency for various reasons. In this sense, this article provides some of the historical and political context necessary to understand the debate on the Security Council’s reform and where it is likely to go in the future. The criticisms that persist to this day can be summarized, organically, by the lack of representativeness and democracy of the Security Council, related to the veto power attributed to permanent members and the existence of this category itself and functionally, by the lack of effectiveness of the United Nations in dealing with problems of security worldwide. Incorporating evidence from books, review articles, and records, this study aims to comprehend whether there may be a way to provide for the survival of this organization, by revitalizing its effectiveness, through the analysis of the proposals that have been made in recent years, by focusing mainly on the enlargement of the Security Council and the veto power’s proposals, the two biggest issues. Finally, we presented our reform dubbed the “International Security Project”, which intends to accomplish what this dissertation has committed to, i.e., how to reform the Security Council.