High Time to Take a Step Forward

In HSFK-Report 1/2009 Carmen Wunderlich puts forward pragmatic proposals for an overdue reform of the UN Security Council

Power of veto and a standing status in the UN Security Council are conceding an outstanding position to the five victorious powers of World War II. But power politics and the geographical situation have changed dramatically since 1945. The calls for a juster constitution of the UN Security Council are growing ever louder. In HSFK-Report 1/2009 Ein guter Rat tut not - Vorschläge zur Reform des VN-Sicherheitsrats (High Time to Take a Step Forward. Proposals for a Reform of the UN Security Council), Carmen Wunderlich proposesa catalogue of pragmatical measures to increase legitimacy.