Key Documents on the Reform of the UN Security Council 1991-2019 brings together primary source documents reflecting the political, legal and academic discussions of the United Nations Security Council reform, in particular the Councils membership and decision-making, as they have taken place since 1991. Earlier discussions from the late 1940s through 1991 are covered insofar as they offer a useful contribution to the current debate. This extensive collection, curated by a leading authority, is intended to be representative of the debate as a whole without bias, faithfully reflecting the positions of various stakeholders, global participants and civil society. This important work will be an indispensable resource for researchers and students, bringing together hundreds of documents produced during more than three decades by governments, UN bodies, universities, think tanks and individual authors in a single, comprehensive volume.
1 Introduction
1.1 This collection of Key Documents: What it is, and how it is
organized
1.2 Landmarks in the history of the Security Council reform debate
2 Earlier reform discussions: From the late 1940s to the start of formal
discussions of Security Council reform in 1992
3 The most productive time: Discussions in the Open-ended Working Group
from 1992 to the Razali proposal of 1997
3.1Statements by UN organs and officials ...
3.2Statements by member states regarding the composition of the Security
Council
3.3Statements by member states regarding the size of a reformed Security
Council
3.4Statements by member states regarding the right of veto
3.5Proposals by academics and civil society
4 Momentum and deadlock: Discussions in the Open-ended Working Group after
the Razali proposal, 1998-2008
4.1Statements by UN organs and officials and Framework Documents
4.2Statements by member states regarding the composition of the Security
Council
4.3Statements by member states regarding the size of a reformed Security
Council
4.4Statements by member states regarding the right of veto
4.5Proposals by academics and civil society
5 On a road to nowhere? The Intergovernmental Negotiations, 2009-2019
5.1Statements by UN organs and officials, Framework Documents, Elements of
Convergence, and Elements of Commonality
5.2Statements by member states regarding the composition of the Security
Council
5.3Statements by member states regarding the size of a reformed Security
Council
5.4Statements by member states regarding the right of veto
5.5Proposals by academics and civil society
Annex I: Summary of group positions
Annex II: Summary of country positions
Annex III: Table of group positions
Annex IV: Table of country positions
Annex V: List of statements made by groups of states
Annex VI: List of statements made by states
Annex VII: Alphabetical list of the authors of academic and civil society
proposals
Annex VIII: Select Bibliography
Bardo Fassbender is Professor of International Law, European Law and Public Law at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. He holds an LL.M from Yale Law School and a Doctor Juris from the Humboldt University in Berlin. His principal fields of research are public international law, United Nations law, comparative constitutional law and theory, and the history of international and constitutional law.
