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The United Nations at 75 -- The Security Council and the right of veto -- The Security Council : on the rule of power and the rule of law -- The need for a second enlargement of the Security Council -- United Nations? Security Council? Concluding institutional legal reflection.

Intro -- Elected Members of the Security Council: Lame Ducks or Key Players? -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Elected Members: Law and Practice -- 2 Non-permanent Members of the Security Council: A Charter Perspective -- 3 Elected Members Today: Overcoming the Handicaps -- 4 Campaigning for an Elected Seat in the UN Security Council -- 5 More Non-Permanent Members? On the Need for a Second Enlargement of the Security Council -- Part II: Elected Members: Inside and Outside Experiences -- 6 Pursuing Peace and Justice on the Security Council: The Canadian Experience -- 7 The Role of Elected Members on the UN Security Council: The New Zealand Experience 2015-16 -- 8 The Dutch Approach of Promoting the International Rule of Law and Constructive Multilateralism on the Security Council -- 9 Belgium in the UN Security Council: Responsibility Without Power? -- 10 Representing the European Union at the United Nations: The Security Council Dimension -- 11 Serving on the Security Council: More Like Playing Poker than Like Chess -- Part III: Niches for Elected Members -- 12 What Kind of Rule of Law Should Elected Members Promote? -- 13 Elected Members and Agenda-Setting: The Security Council as Peace Broker -- 14 Managing the Ebb and Flow of Sanctions Reform: An Important Role for Non-Permanent Members -- 15 The Office of the Ombudsperson and the Elected Members of the Security Council -- 16 Environmental Peacebuilding and the UN Security Council -- 17 Non-Permanent Members of the Security Council and International Criminal Justice: A Proposal for Revitalization -- 18 Working from the Outside to Change the Working Methods of the Security Council: Elected Members as a Bridge between the Permanent Members and the Rest of the UN Membership -- About the Contributors -- Table of Treaties.

Immunity for international organizations and their staff, while long considered necessary to their functioning, has fallen under scrutiny and criticism in practice. These contributions, originally prepared for a conference held at Leiden University in June 2013, are re-published here in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the International Organizations Law Review

The proliferation of international organizations is presently a hot issue. New international organizations have been created over the last few years, such as the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the World Trade Organization. At the same time a certain reluctance may be observed to create new organizations. Overlapping activities and conflicting competences occur frequently and the need for coordination is evident. The events in former Yugoslavia are an example. Both during the armed conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo and afterwards in the era of reconstruction, the need to coordinate the work of organizations such as the UN, NATO, the EU, the World Bank, OSCE, and the Council of Europe was vital. Against this background a number of legal issues have become more important that have not yet been researched extensively, perhaps the only exception being the proliferation of international tribunals. Questions include the following: Why were new organizations created while others already existed in the same or a related field? What specific legal problems have arisen that are related to the coexistence of different organizations working (partly) in the same area? What mechanisms or instruments have been developed to coordinate the activities and to solve legal problems? These and other questions were discussed during a conference that took place from 18 to 20 November, 1999, in the Academy Building of Leiden University, The Netherlands. A large number of experts, both academics and practitioners, participated. The purpose of this book is to present the issues discussed during the Leiden conference to a larger audience. This book contains the adapted papers for the conference and several other contributions

This book addresses the authority of the UN Security Council to regulate the use of force. In particular, it examines the question of whether the present composition, functions, and powers of the Security Council are adequate to meet recent demands, such as the need perceived by states to use force in cases of humanitarian emergency and pre-emptive action in response to international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Is the Security Council still well positioned today to deal with these demands and challenges? In seeking a response, the book analyzes both Charter law and Security Council practice. It addresses not only the hotly debated recent crises concerning Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, but also resolutions dealing with the use of force by peacekeeping operations. A number of issues relating to the right of self-defence are analyzed, as are the emerging new roles of NATO and the African Union. Separate chapters of the book are devoted to the current discussion concerning the reform of the Security Council. A particular feature of the book is the interaction between academics and practitioners as well as between theory and reality