Executive Board
Chairperson
Mr. Angad Singh Madan
Vice-Chairperson
Ms. Samridhi Arora
Rapporteur
Mr. Akashdeep Nair
About Security Council
"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
- Benjamin Franklin
The UN Security Council, formed in 1946 has the primary duty to maintain international peace and security. The council comprises of 15 members out of which The Republic of China, French Republic, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America have permanent seats and the power to veto resolutions. The other ten nations, are voted upon by the General Assembly to have a seat for two years in the Security Council.
The council undertakes peaceful means and recommends methods of adjustments for settling disputes. The security council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of the international peace and security.
It takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace it act of aggression. It calls upon the parties to a dispute to settle it by peaceful means and recommends terms of settlement. The SC can resort to imposing sanctions or even authorise the use of force to maintain and restore international peace and security.
Agenda
Agenda: the Question of Self Determination with special reference to 'Responsibility to Protect'
The Responsibility to Protect has become a prominent feature in international debates about preventing genocide and mass atrocities and about protecting potential victims. The primary responsibility of states is to protect their own populations from the four crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity, as well as from their incitement. Essentially, the right to self-determination is the right of an individual to determine its own destiny.
In particular, the principle allows the people to choose its own political status and to determine its own form of economic, cultural and social development. Exercise of this right can result in a variety of different outcomes ranging from political independence through to full integration within a state. With ambition of becoming self determined comes the Responsibility to Protect which states that sovereignty is not an absolute right, and that states are bounded to protect their populations from mass atrocity crimes and human rights violations.