Reforming UN Decision-Making Procedures

Taylor & Francis

Reforming UN Decision-Making ProceduresPromoting a Deliberative System for Global Peace and Security\nAuthor(s): Martin Daniel Niemetz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138823327, 978-1138823327\nSynopsis\nThe institutional procedures for the UNs decision-making on issues of global peace and security, first and foremost the Security Council (SC), were conceived with the objective of enabling a swift but internationally coordinated response to irregular situations of crises. Today, however, the UN is constantly involved in situations of conflict and has expanded its range of activities. \n\nThis book offers a concrete and practically applicable answer to the question of how to reform the UN and increase the legitimacy of the UNs decision-making procedures on issues of global peace and security. In order to provide this answer, it connects the minutia of institutional design with the abstract principals of democrati.