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Discuss the significance and urgency of the UN Security Council reforms. Explain the relevance of the reform proposals made by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for the developing countries.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 20 marks
  • United Nations

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The Security Council alone can bind all 193 members, yet its permanent membership dates from 1945 and its only enlargement from 1965. Reform matters for representation, legitimacy and effectiveness; it is urgent because the Council is deadlocked on the largest wars while states route around it. António Guterres has offered no seat model, but his…

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