Reforming the UN Security Council in an era of change
https://doi.org/10.30729/2541-8823-2024-9-1-62-69
Abstract
This article emphasizes the importance of the UN Security Council in maintaining global order and security, and the need for it to adapt to a rapidly changing geopolitical environment and growing global threats. The text proposes a number of reforms, including expanding the membership of the Security Council to ensure more equitable representation, improving the decision-making process, adopting a more proactive approach to peace and security, and increasing transparency and accountability. The authors emphasize that a stronger and more effective UN Security Council is needed to maintain global order and security, and call on the international community to support these reforms.
About the Authors
D. Afkhazava
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Durmishkhan Afkhazava (Kazan, Russia) — Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of International and European Law of the Faculty of Law
18 Kremlevskaya St., Kazan, 420008
H. Bayramov
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Heydar Bayramov (Kazan, Russia) — Second-year Master’s degree student of the Department of International and European Law of the Faculty of Law
18 Kremlevskaya St., Kazan, 420008
V. Morozova
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valeria Morozova (Kazan, Russia) — Second-year Master’s degree student of the Department of International and European Law of the Faculty of Law
18 Kremlevskaya St., Kazan, 420008
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Afkhazava D., Bayramov H., Morozova V. Reforming the UN Security Council in an era of change. Kazan University Law Review. 2024;9(1):62-69. https://doi.org/10.30729/2541-8823-2024-9-1-62-69
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