Balancing the Veto Power: Prospects and Possibilities of Pakistan's Inclusion in Security Council as a Permanent Member

Abstract

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a key organ of the UN body and has been under the spotlight due to the issues of reforms and expansion. Currently, the UN Security Council is composed of five permanent members and ten non-permanent member selected, for two years term, in two groups. Permanent members of UNSC are United States, France, Britain, China and Russia. Democratic credentials of the UNSC have always been questioned due to the unfair and boundless authorities of the five permanent members with the veto power. Pakistan has been reiterating its concerns about the issues time and again in the UN forum and has persistently laid emphasis in its stance that UNSC must have equitable and fair reforms, so that this UN component becomes more democratic to meet the aspirations of all the member states effectively. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) needs reforms to become more efficient and neutral in functioning and legitimacy for today’s changing global geopolitical dynamics. The purpose of this research is to spotlight the facts and rationale behind the necessity to reform the UNSC and the change within it by increase in permanent members.