Thematic seminar on the role of the UNSC and the world order

How many permanent seats are there in the UN Security Council?

• 10

• 5

• 7

• None

Which one is not a P5?

• USA

• France

• Germany

• United Kingdom

In your opinion, has the UN system lost credibility?

• Yes

• No

In your opinion, what are the main challenges to international peace and security?

According to Louis Charbonneau (UN Director at HRW), in the article by Judy Dempsey, when it comes to defend human rights the UN leadership...

• is too often afraid to call out big powers.

• is strong enough.

• lies midway between "blaming and shaming".

• is completely inexistent.

In his address to the seventy-eighth UN General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres suggested that:

• "I am aware of the difficulties, but have no power to act."

• "Everything is going to be right."

• "It's time to move on and create a new International Organization."

• “It’s reform or rupture. The world has changed. Our institutions have not.”

One of the main complaints when it comes to the composition of the UNSC is...

• UNSC members themselves constitute an active threat to peace and security

• the right to veto.

• its outdated composition.

• All the answers are correct.

According to Pierre Vimontsenior, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe (Dempsey's article): "In the end, the challenge for the UN is one of..."

(a)  

"The reform of the UNSC is a new issue on the international agenda"

• True

• False

As pointed out by Stewart Patrick, since September 2022 the USA endorses increasing the number of both permanent and non-permanent members, in particular by providing for...

• only permanent seats for Japan, Germany, and India.

• not only permanent seats for Japan, Germany, and India, but also permanent seats for countries in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.

• a permanent seat to Spain and Morocco.

• a non permanent seat to the Russian Federation.