CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Bangura, Ibrahim Yusuf |
|---|---|
| Title | Understanding The United Nations General Assembly's Failure To Unite For Peace Over The Syrian Crisis |
| Summary | As the Syrian civil war continues to rage on with no signs of an end in sight, the United Nations has once again come under criticism for its failure to pass those resolutions that would usher in a cessation of hostilities. Given that all but one of the permanent members are involved in the crisis, it is no surprise therefore that the Security Council remains paralyzed on the issue and has been unable to exercise its primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security. With the General Assembly failing to exercise its secondary responsibility through the use of the Uniting for Peace resolution to assist the Security Council, it becomes obvious that the criticisms that the Uniting for Peace resolution has faced since its adoption have established additional conditions that need to be satisfied outside of those preconditions established by Harry Reicher, before the resolution can be convoked. This research finds that in addition to Reicher’s pre-conditions, for the resolution to be convoked, it must be in the interest of maintaining international peace and security to do so, it must be established that it does not run contrary to any of the provisions of the UN Charter, it does not threaten the interest(s) of the Permanent Members of the Security Council and the resolution itself is still very useful and has not been made redundant by some institutional or procedural mechanism within the United Nations architecture. |
| Supervisor | Kurowska, Xymena |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/bangura_ibrahim.pdf |
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