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United Nations
● 5 permanent members
● The security council also has 10 non permanent members , elected on a regional
basis to serve two year terms
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General Assembly
● Consists of everyone
● Use it to measure how much states have in common
● GAs votes mostly non binding
Security council
● Permanent- United states, Russia, England, France and China
● Non permanent- Australia,
Voting rules
● 9 affirmative votes need to pass a resolution
● 5 permanent members all have veto power
● Abstentions allowed
Veto power
● The permanent members are all really strong militarily
● For the UNSC to continue to exist the militarily strong actors have to get in their
way
Last used their veto power
July 29, 2015-​ Russia
May 22, 2014​- China and Russia
February 18, 2011-​ The United States
December 23, 1989​- France, United Kingdom and United States
UN Peacekeeping
-Has shifted since the cold war
-Moved from intercountry effort to INTRA country effort
-Less wars between 2 countries and more problems within the civil wars

1991 Gulf War
-Iraq invades Kuwait claiming Kuwait stealing oil among other things
-UNSC passed resolutions blocking all trade to iraq and setting a date to withdraw
-Started with air attacks on Iraq then a ground invasion
-Once Kuwait was evacuated by the Iraqis a ceasefire was agreed upon
-Iraq agreed to UNSC cease fire terms

Milosovic
-Charged with war crimes by the ICJ in 1999
-Resigned the presidency in 2000
-Extradited and tried in 2000
-Died in prison while on his trial was underway
World court or ICJ
-Hears cases concerning genocide
-Cases dealing with border or territory disputes
-Maritime area disputes
-Nations declaring independence from other countries



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