UN Security Council P5
- Stephen Browne
- • August 22, 2022

Individual member states have always exerted a heavy influence on the United Nations. The dominance of individual powers is the nature of multilateralism, but in the UN system it is particularly marked. The Security Council can only do its…
- Categories: Development, Secretary-General, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS
- Barbara Crossette
- • January 11, 2021

António Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister who has been United Nations secretary-general since January 2017, is seeking a second five-year term in office, beginning Jan. 1, 2022. UN officials confirmed on Jan. 11 that on Friday, Jan. 8,…
- Categories: Secretary-General, US-UN Relations
- Enrico Carisch
- • March 8, 2018

Criticisms over a lack of fairness of United Nations sanctions and inconsistencies in their application are frequent and routine — and not without justification. For decades, human-rights experts have pointed to the paradox that unreliable practices, in the words…
- Categories: P5 Monitor, Peace and Security, Security Council