UN Reform Watches, 16 April 2008, No. 31 [1]
miscellaneous
Member States Discuss Security Council Reform Again: A Never-Ending Process? [2]
by CURE
by Jonas von Freiesleben
The Working Group on Security Council reform met on Thursday 10 April 2008 to discuss a draft put forward by Cyprus at the initiative of Germany. The text was an attempt to infuse new momentum in the slow-going debate, but was almost certainly “killed off” by heavy criticism from especially the Uniting for Consensus bloc and a large portion of developing countries. The following is an analysis of the current developments.