In eight pages this essay examines the security and global peace threats that plague the UN Security Council. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography.
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peace and security. However, in recent years there has been a growing concern relevant to broadening the definition of what constitutes a threat to world peace. Under the
scope of the old definition, the UN intervened after a specific incident. For example, even as late as last century when a complaint pertinent to a threat to peace
was brought before the Security Council, its first action was simply (and usually) to recommend that all factions try to reach a peaceful agreement. In some cases the Council
itself investigated and mediated or sometimes it appointed special representatives. Looking even at the mid-1990s the UN directives were as
a rule, fairly straight ahead and linear. Moreover, they were prompted by a definitive and actual incident. However, recently times have necessitated that this change. It is
not enough simply to try and resolve global issues after a disagreement has occurred. On the contrary, our brand new century has brought a vast array of brand
new, short-fused threats (Meeting New Challenges, 2001 and See Also Huntington, 1996). Citing specific contemporary examples, this essay discusses the United Nations efforts to broaden the range
of challenges that constitute threats to international peace and security, and whether this new trend is a positive development for the world community.
Although there had been no viable disagreement, global conflict or tangible threat, 1991 marked the year of one of the Security Councils most pressing and ongoing concerns: The
fate of the Soviet nuclear arsenal. The abortive coup, attempted in Moscow in August of that year dramatically raised the question as to who was controlling the Soviet