Abstract
The United Nations Organization (UN) was created with the main objective of maintaining international peace and security - especially after all the destruction left by World War II. The UN Charter, however, while allowing five countries to be granted the special status of Permanent Members at the Security Council (SC), along with the “right to veto”, did not predict the possibility of this right to undermine the entire functioning of the UN. Thus, the scenario of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, where a non-authorised use of force has been perpetrated by exactly one of the Permanent Members of the SC, sheds light to the fragility of the UN: this right to veto has granted Russia with the power to block the SC. This calls the General Assembly (GA) to act, but since its resolutions are not binding, they do not imply the need for obedience by any state. In front of this, the article, through the deductive method, based on bibliographical and documental research, presents perspectives about the UN’s role in the domain of peace and security, concluding that its limited possibilities to act make it necessary to seek broader responses within the larger scope of international law.
Keywords
United Nations Organization Russia-Ukraine conflict Uniting for Peace International Cooperation