Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.090-104
Title: Small States in the United Nations Security Council: Legal and Conceptual Aspects versus Practical Perspective
Authors: Reire, Gunda
Center for International Studies, Latvia
Keywords: Socrates 2021, 3 (21);United Nations;Security Council;small states;the Baltic States
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Rīga Stradiņš University
Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte
Citation: Reire, G. (2021). Small States in the United Nations Security Council: Legal and Conceptual Aspects versus Practical Perspective. Electronic Scientific Journal of Law Socrates, 3 (21). 90–104. https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.090-104
Series/Report no.: Socrates 2021, 3 (21)
Abstract: The article focuses on the prospects for work conducted by small states in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and examines two aspects which frame the work of small states in the UNSC – the legal aspect (institutional and procedural) and the conceptual aspect (the concept of small states), comparing them with the work and achievements of small states in praxis. The aim of the article is to provide qualitative and comparative analysis of small states’ work in the UNSC, to outline legal and political interpretation of their activities and to compare legal and conceptual framework with the practical perspective. The research is designed to be relevant for Latvia in the context of its candidature for a non-permanent seat of the UNSC at the elections in 2025, and it analyses cases of Lithuania’s and Estonia’s membership. The author of the article argues that despite the minimal role provided for the small states in the UNSC by international law and the theoretical concept, cases of Lithuania and Estonia show that the practical perspective proves a much higher capability, influence and ability of small states to profile themselves actively within the global agenda while at the same time remaining in the aforementioned legal and conceptual boundaries. This can happen under circumstances where there are minor systemic challengers, lack of triggers for security of small states, and overlapping of the international security agenda and their field of expertise.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.090-104
ISSN: 2256-0548
License URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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