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Why Can't the United Nations Be Reformed?
- Kemal İnat
- 20 Eyl 2023
- 2 dakikada okunur
There have long been calls for the reform of the United Nations (UN) on the grounds that it has failed to fulfill its peacekeeping mandate. Yet, some of the calls seem to be related to the agendas of certain countries that want to play a greater role in the decision-making mechanisms of the organization rather than to make the UN more effective in terms of its primary peacekeeping mission.
In this context, countries such as Germany, Japan, India, and Brazil aim to strengthen their positions by gaining permanent member status in the UN Security Council. On the other hand, countries like Turkey want a new structure that would ensure a fairer representation in the Security Council and facilitate decision-making.
To date, efforts at reform have not been successful. Let us examine the consequences of the failure of these efforts, and then consider why it will be very difficult to reorganize the UN. The most important consequence of the failure of any reform efforts to this day is the diminishing credibility of the United Nations as a peacekeeping body.
The problem is compounded by the fact that proposals to reform the Security Council’s decision-making mechanisms are not welcomed by the permanent members, who find the current structure advantageous. While massacres are taking place in Syria, Myanmar, Palestine, and Yemen, and countries like Iraq and Ukraine are being attacked in violation of international law, the organization remains silent.
The UN is rendered dysfunctional when decisions to intervene cannot be taken because one or more countries believe that such action would harm their interests in the region in question. Sometimes it is the United States, other times it is Russia or China that blocks intervention decisions that would end the massacres and establish peace.
In other cases, as in Iraq and Ukraine, the United States and Russia are the direct aggressors. When the veto-wielding countries of the Security Council are on the aggressor’s side, the UN cannot use military intervention or other sanctions, which are its most effective weapons in the peacekeeping mission.
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