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Analysis

Straw Polls of Power? The Secretary-General Election and the Exclusion of States Outside the UN Security Council

The race for the next UN Secretary-General has highlighted the outsized role the Security Council plays in selecting the organization’s top official. Security Council membership constitutes a form of influence over the SG selection process, yet fifty-nine UN Member States have never served on Council.

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On the United Nations and Its Reform – Unravelling the Dissonance

How can the UN be responsible for the ongoing pandemic but also win the Noble Peace Prize the same year? How can the UN be responsible for inaction in preventing genocide but also be undertaking commendable efforts to protect refugees fleeing from these acts? For academics who’ve studied this for years, it is easier to see the finer distinctions and the flaws in public discourse. But it is time for the latter to be clear on what it is asking for.