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Elected member influence in the United Nations Security Council

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Loiselle,  Marie-Eve       
Ethics, Law and Politics, MPI for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Max Planck Society;

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Loiselle, M.-E., Farrall, J., Michaelsen, C., Prantl, J., & Whalan, J. (2020). Elected member influence in the United Nations Security Council. Leiden Journal of International Law, 33(1), 101-115. doi:10.1017/S0922156519000657.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-09F3-E
Abstract
This article reassesses how members of the UN Security Council exercise influence over the Council’s decision-making process, with particular focus on the ten elected members (the E10). A common understanding of Security Council dynamics accords predominance to the five permanent members (the P5), suggesting bleak prospects for the Council as a forum that promotes the voices and representation of the 188 non-permanent members. The assumption is that real power rests with the P5, while the E10 are there to make up the numbers. By articulating a richer account of Council dynamics, this article contests the conventional wisdom that P5 centrality crowds out space for the E10 to influence Council decision-making. It also shows that opportunities for influencing Council decision-making go beyond stints of elected membership. It argues that the assumed centrality of the P5 on the Council thus needs to be qualified and re-evaluated.