The Role of a National Delegation in the General Assembly. By Peter Baehr. (New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Occasional Paper Number 9, December 1970. Pp. 90. $1.00, paper.)

1974 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 1849-1850
Author(s):  
John O. Lindell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Peace

What’s in a Name? Challenges to the Creation of EU Delegations

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Drieskens
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
European Commission ◽  
External Action ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
First Year ◽  
The World ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Eu

Summary One of the Lisbon Treaty’s most significant innovations was the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS), which changed the EU’s functioning not only in Brussels, but also around the world. Zooming in on the multilateral context of the UN in New York, this article examines the new EU delegations and highlights the main challenges that are inherent in their establishment. These delegations could be engrafted upon a wide network of European Commission delegations, yet the literature gives little indication of success in integrating the functions and actors. Adding to the literature and building upon interviews with policy officials in both Brussels and New York, this article indicates an additional external challenge in implementing Lisbon’s provisions, with the context of the UN General Assembly raising more fundamental questions on status and membership — questions that have also shaped the role of the EU delegation to the UN during its first year of operation.

Revisiting the Role of the Security Council Concerning the International Criminal Court’s Crime of Aggression

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Trahan
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Peace ◽  
State Party ◽  
Primary Responsibility ◽  
Un Security Council

Abstract This article revisits the role of the United Nations (UN) Security Council in making referrals of the crime of aggression to the International Criminal Court (ICC). It examines the increase in significance of the role of the Security Council caused by the apparent jurisdictional limitations in the resolution activating the ICC’s jurisdiction over the crime when cases are initiated through State Party referral or proprio motu. Since these jurisdictional limitations seemingly decrease the possibility for ICC crime of aggression cases to be initiated without Security Council referral, they also render the Prosecutor less able to play a role in prevention or providing early warning regarding the crime. This increases the need for the Security Council to fulfil this prevention or early warning function, which is entirely appropriate given the Security Council’s primary responsibility under the UN Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security. The General Assembly may, although to a lesser extent, be able to play a similar role.

scholarly journals What Does the Uniting for Peace Resolution Mean for the Role of the UN Security Council?

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Ieva Miluna
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Security Council ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
International Peace ◽  
Constant Control ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Normative Role

The Uniting for Peace resolution together with the UN Charter prescribes a certain role for the General Assembly with regard to international peace and security. Larry Johnson addresses that role, but he does not consider a second question: how does the Uniting for Peace resolution affect the UN Security Council? The normative role of the Council is influenced not only by the Charter, but also by general international law. In this comment, I explore the normative role of the Council in fulfilling the Charter’s purpose to maintain international peace and security. I argue that the text of the Charter and the prior practice of both the Assembly and the Council help to determine the proper division of these organs’ respective tasks within the Charter system. I conclude that the Council alone exercises the constant control needed to enforce measures of collective security effectively, and that the Assembly is limited to recommending the consequences for states when threats or breaches of the peace occur.

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