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Inhibitors to the functioning of the United Nations as a system of collective security

The United Nations are one of the key elements of the modern system of collective security. This paper analyses political inhibitors that prevent efficient operation of the United Nations as a system of collective security. It points out the issue of the lack of consensus among the Permanent member states of the Security Council. It also states that certain elements of the United Nations system work only if the system functions within the framework of the Charter, which has not been significantly modified since 1945. It is also relevant to reflect on R2P and its effect on the system of collective security of the United Nations and attempt to find a way of its inclusion in the existing legal framework. The paper analyses conflicts with the most fatalities in the past 20 years. In each conflict there were either no effective Security Council resolutions or they proved to be completely ineffective when taking into account the scope of the conflict. The overall conclusion is that the United Nations lacks a legal framework to efficiently approach intra- state conflicts.

collective security ; reform of the United Nations ; humanitarian intervention ; R2P

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