UN Security Council

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Site: UN Security Council
2. Wikipedia: UN Security Council
3. Global Policy Forum: UN Security Council  
4. Voice of America: "Libya Takes UN Security Council Helm" (January 3, 2008)  
5. Xinhua News: "Ban Ki-moon: UN Stands for Entire World" (January 5, 2008)
6. UNAUSA: "UN Security Council's Carousel Swings Again" (2007)
7. Video: Libya Wins a U.N. Security Council Seat (Time: 01:46)
   
   
   

UN Security Council Recent News

• Google News Search: UN Security Council
• Jerusalem Post: "Iran's Top Leader Demands End...Nuclear Oversight" (January 12, 2008)
• ABC News: "Ban Slams Attack on UN Force in Lebanon, Rocket on Israel" (January 12, 2008)
• Reuters: "U.N. Council Threatens Action Over Darfur Attack" (January 11, 2008)
• B92: "Jeremić: No Imposed Solution at UN SC" (January 6, 2008)
• Washington Post: "U.N. Probe Unlikely In Bhutto Slaying" (January 5, 2008) 
• ABC News: "U.N. Security Council Heads to Kosovo" (January 5, 2008)

UN Security Council Background and Articles

Role of the Security Council

• Global Policy Forum: "UN Role in Iraq"
• FOX News: "Security Council Resolution Expands U.N. Role in Iraq" (2007)
• New York Times: "The U.N. Sideshow on Korea" (2006)
• FAS: "The United Nations Security Council: Its Role in the Iraq Crisis" (2003) (34.1KB) 
• Foreign Ministry of China: "Towards an Enhanced Role of the UN Security Council..." (2003)
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: "A Leading Role for the Security Council" (2001)

United Nations Security Council Resolutions

• Official Site: UN Security Council: Resolutions and 2007 Resolutions
• Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council Resolutions
• Jewish Virtual Library: Security Council Resolutions Related to Israel and the Middle East
• PeaceWomen: "UN Security Council Resolution 1325 On Women, Peace, and Security" (2000)

United Nations Security Council Membership

• Official Site: Membership of the Security Council
• Wikipedia: List of Elected Members of the United Nations Security Council
• Global Policy Forum: Membership of the Security Council

United Nations Security Council Reform

• ReformtheUN.org: UN Reform, An Introduction
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: Major Statements on the United Nations Reform
• Bloomberg.com: "Sarkozy Says Group of Eight Should Grow to 13 Members" (January 8, 2008)
• Buzzle: "UN Security Council Reform: Veto Right for Germany" (2007)

UN Security Council Videos and Media

• United Nations: UN Webcast   
• United Nations: United Nations Photo Gallery
• Google Video: Tackling the Security Council Debate on Burma (Time 28:29)
• YouTube: Zulifiqar Ali Bhutto's Outburst at the UN Security Council (Time 01:59) 
• YouTUbe: DPRK Refutes 'Resolution of UN Security Council' (Time 00:35)

UN Security Council Blogs and Message Boards

• Yahoo! UK News: UN Security Council Message Boards
• Peak Oil News Forums: Did Pak Election Rigging Plot Lead to Bhutto Assasination?
• Counterterrorism Blog: Iran To Seek 2009 Security Council Seat... (January 7, 2008)
• Little Green Footballs: Kucinich and Paul Vote Against House Resolution to Sanction Ahmadinejad (2007)
• Crooks and Liars: The Art of (Asymmetrical) War (2007)

UN Security Council Timeline

• 1946: UN Security Council is Established
• 1948: Engages in first peacekeeping operation halting the Arab-Israeli War
• 1950: Authorizes troops to defend South Korea in the Korean War
• 1965: UN Security Council is Expanded to Include four additional non-permanent members
• 1980: Nullifies Israeli law declaring Jerusalem as its "Eternal and Indivisible" capital
• 1990: Calls on Iraq to leave Kuwait and the use of force against Iraqi noncompliance
• 1994: Establishes the International Criminal Tribunal after failing to end genocide in Rwanda
• 2001: After the 9-11 attacks, a resolution is adopted calling for steps to fight Terrorism
• 2004: UN Security Council endorses appointment of a sovereign interim government in Iraq.
• 2008: UN Security Council is headed by Lybia

UN Security Council Criticism

Used to Corral US Power

• The Heritage Foundation: "Reform the United Nations" (2003)
• Capitalism Magazine: "The United Nations: United In Opposition to the American Ideal of Freedom" (2003)
• Yale Global Online: "Why the Security Council Failed" (2003)
• Daily Standard: "That Lonesome Road" (2002)

Fails to Deter Aggressors

• Athena Intelligence: "If UN Security Council Sanctions Fail to Deter Iran..." (2007) (40.1KB) 
• Hot Air: UN Security Council Refuses to Call for Sailors’ Release (2007)
• Capitalism Magazine: "Dare We Surrender America's Future to the UN? (2003)
• Capitalism Magazine: "The United Nations: A Totalitarian Appeasing Debating Society" (2003)
• Foreign Affairs: Why the U.N. Fails: It Cannot Mediate" (1994) 

Ignored by Members

• Nation Review Online: "Controlling China" (2004)
• The Heritage Foundation: "French Act Unilaterally When Their Interests are at Stake" (2003)
• Online NewsHour: "U.N. Rejects Bid To Censure Russia on Alleged Chechnya Abuses" (2003)
• Slate Magazine: "Can You Bypass a U.N. Security Council Veto?" (2003) 

Problems with UN System Generally

• Capitalism Magazine: "What the United Nations Stands For (Hint: It's Not Freedom and Peace)" (2004)
• ConservativeTruth: "Replacing the United Nations" (2002)
• Cato Institute: "Putting the United Nations on Notice" (2001)

Oil for Food Scandal

• Mahalo's Guide to Oil for Food
• Wikipedia: Oil-for-Food Programme
• Kommersant: "Kofi Annan Got Out Clean from Oil Scandal" (2005) 
• FOXNews.com: "Oil-for-Food Scandal Draws Scrutiny to U.N." (2004)
• Global Policy Forum: "Annan Summons UN Council on Probe Into Iraq Scandal" (2004)
• Global Policy Forum: "Former Oil-for-Food Director Criticizes Security Council" (2004)

Obstacle to War on Terror

• Amnesty International: "World's Poor And Disadvantaged Pay Price Of War On Terror" (2006)
• Arms Control Association: "Implications of UN Security Council Resolution 1540" (2005)
• FrontPage Magazine: "The UN's Fraudulent War on Terror" (2004)
• Capitalism Magazine: "The Bush Contradiction: U.N. Permission for America to Defend Itself?" (2003)

UN Security Council Irrelevant

• Maisonneuve: "Are the UN's Muscles Atrophied?" (2006)
• Global Security: "Iran President Says UN Security Council Irrelevant" (2006)  
• BNET: Why World Body May Be Irrelevant...U.N. Security Council's Failures... (2003)
• TyskNews: "The UN: Irrelevant & Malignant" (2002)

UN Security Council Satire and Humor

• SpainVia: UN Security Council Cartoon
• YouTube: Ali G - UN Security Council Chamber (Time 04:11)
• The Onion: "North Dakota Found To Be Harboring Nuclear Missiles" (2003)

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