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How far have the UN reform efforts of 2004-5, transformed the concept of ‘Sovereignty’ as a fundamental principle of International Law? Do you think that UN reform discourse represents a ‘biopolitical reprogramming’ of contemporary sovereignty and global governance? (250 words)

  • UPSC 2012
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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The Charter rests on sovereign equality (Article 2(1)) and non-intervention in domestic jurisdiction (Article 2(7)). The 2004–05 reform cycle ran from the High-Level Panel report A More Secure World (December 2004), through Kofi Annan's In Larger Freedom (March 2005), to the 2005 World Summit Outcome. It redefined sovereignty without amending the Charter. The phrase "biopolitical…

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