How does the U.N. keep security of international society? What is collective security? What`s the history of international collective security? Who owns the last word to decide what measures to take? All these questions are related to the meachanism of U.N. Security Council. How does this mechanism operate?
Question:
Is the resolution of U.N. Securtiy Council binding?
文档Practice during the Cold War was crippled
Materials
UN Charter Chapter VII
Cases
the case of Koreain1950
the case concerningthe Falklands war in 1986
the Cuban missile crisis of 1962
The Vietnam War; the Arab-Israeli conflict
the Tehran Hostages crisis of 1979–81
The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan (1979–89)
the First Gulf War between Iraq and Iran (1980–8)
The United Nations force in Korea
the Uniting for Peace Resolution(military action taken by France, theUnited Kingdom and Israelfollowing Egypt’s seizure of the Suez Canal)(the callof the GeneralAssembly for a termination of the Soviet armed intervention inHungary)
Rhodesia and South Africa
Practice after the end of the Cold War
the First Gulf War between Iraq and Iran ended in August 1988
The withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1988–9
Cuban forces withdrew from Angola in 1989
Namibia became independent in March 1990
the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990
massive violence in internal conflicts
Operation Desert Storm
The Kurdish crisis
Somalia
Rwanda
Haiti
Yugoslavia
Collectivesecurity and enforcement action (Chapter VII)
Practiceunder Chapter VII during the Cold War
TheUnited Nations force in Korea
TheUniting for Peace Resolution
Rhodesiaand South Africa
Practiceunder Chapter VII after the end of the Cold War
Theinvasion of Kuwait by Iraq
TheKurdish crisis
Somalia
Rwanda
Haiti
Yugoslavia

