8.7B Interventions by the UN

• • The Security Council is responsible for keeping international peace and security, and resolving conflicts that may threaten that peace
  • The Council consists of 15 members - five permanent and ten non-permanent - elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms
• The five permanent members of the security council:

  • France
  • The UK
  • The USA
  • Russian Federation
  • People's Republic of China
• Interventions

  • can also adopt resolutions which are binding on all UN member states and can:
  • Authorise sanctions to reduce a nation's ability to trade
  • Military interventions through peacekeeping operations to help prevent further fighting
  • The UN does not have its own army, but member nations supply equipment and forces to the UN
• Examples of interventions:

  • Trade embargo on Iran 
  • The UN trade embargo on Iran is a set of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council to pressure Iran to comply with its obligations regarding its nuclear program
  • UN forces in Congo
  • The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) is the largest and most complex peacekeeping operation in the world