THE IMPACT AND EFFECTS OF THE ABOLITION OF THE U.N.O. SECURITY COUNCIL ON WORLD PEACE: A CASE FOR DEMOCRATIZATION OF ITS MEMBERSHIP

Abstract

For seventy years of its existence and for fifty years of its last expansion with the increase of non permanent members the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has remained unchanged. Five permanent members made up of USA, Russia, France, Britain and China have by their status been responsible for dictating and influencing the course of outcomes in international affairs and diplomacy. The world is dynamic and never constant, hence the current debate that this structural arrangement no longer represent the reality of the world order, and hence the clamour for its abolition. This call if adhered to portends enormous consequences for world peace which will be catastrophic. This study admits the unrealistic nature of the present day security council but opposes its abolition as the impact and effect shall not be in the interest of the world. Instead, it is the recommendation of this study that the membership of the UN security council should be democratized so that every continent will have at least, a representative.