A reform of the U.N.? Think again
In a recent communication (see below) from the French Foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, announced a possible new reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Such announce is not surprising as France has been for quite some time been in favor of an enlargement of the U.N. Security Council, when declaring “France is in favour of a more representative UN – in particular, through enlargement of the Security Council – but we are still far from reaching an agreement that would enable such progress.” However, this reform is directly connected to the inability of the UNSC to act in Syria against the Assad regime. The core argument of this resolution from Paris seeks to suspend the right to veto in the event of mass crimes. You may call this proposition, the Syrian syndrome. The opening statement is “It has taken more than two years and 120,000 deaths in Syria for the United Nations Security Council to finally cease being paralysed by vetoes and make a d...