The United Nations Security Council Military Staff Committee: Relic or Revival?

Abstract

The above contrasting views exemplify the dichotomy of opinions concerning the creation of a United Nations (UN) standing military force to deter and, when required, combat international aggression under the terms of Article 43 of the UN Charter. The prime vehicle for coordination of this on-call military force, created under Article 47, was to be the Military Staff Committee (MSC) of the UN Security Council. Put to sleep while still in its infancy as a relic of the early days of the Cold War, the MSC is now in its fourth decade of dormancy following its premature demise. Recent signs, however, indicate that the end of the Cold War may have created an opportunity in which an expanded role for the MSC, or something similar in function, may now be possible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA441632

Entities

People

  • William G. Wheeler

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Security
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies