Revitalizing The United Nations: Reforming For Global Cooperation And Enhanced Security Provision

Anjali Anilkumar Remadevi, Gujarat National Law University

Introduction

The UN presence in Western Sahara since 1991 has failed to resolve the stalemate and has raised concerns regarding the impartiality and effectiveness of the UN mechanism. Although peace talks are continuing, there seems to be no understanding between Morocco and Polisario Front and the other involved parties with the latter accusing UN of placing them at a disadvantage.1 Although UN have time and again addressed and provided humanitarian assistance in conflict situations and mediated between states, its shortcomings in effectively addressing various challenges and failure to fulfilling its ambitious mandate should be critically analysed.

Along with the turmoil in Ukraine, nuclear conflict and emerging technological wars are major concerns. In addition, several dossiers contain issues pertaining to traditional wars or frozen conflicts. The recent events in Afghanistan have exposed the shortcomings of the West and multilateralism, which still need to deal with humanitarian crises and ties with the Taliban administration.

Therefore, an analysis into the need for restructuring the UN mandate’s enforcement through multilateralism is done in this essay alongside a dive into the Israel- Palestine conflict. Furthermore, attention is brought into the reality that reforms in United Nations Security Council is long overdue emphasizing on biases within the organization leading to unequal power play in global politics.