Joint Seminar: The UN Security Council: Boom or Bust?

Synopsis:

The raison d’etat of the UN Security Council lies at the heart of the collective security system envisaged at the end of the Second World War in preventing and managing international tension and conflict.  Marginalised during the Cold War, the Council came into its own in the early 1990s, following the resolution of hostilities in the Gulf region — its “era of euphoria” — before rapidly declining with the failure to deploy its peacekeeping missions in Haiti, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Somalia.  Since then, disagreements among the major powers have not abated, and while the Council plays an active and sometimes effective role on African security challenges, it has been deadlocked on security challenges such as Syria and Crimea.  With its legacy, does the Council still have a valuable influence on normative behaviour in security issues today?

Speaker(s):

Dr David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

Venue:

Auditorium,
Block B, Level 3,
NUS Bukit Timah Campus,
469G Bukit Timah Road,
Singapore 259776

RSVP:Seats are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Kindly register your interest in attending online.