The Evolution of the United Nations and the Security Council

How will the United Nations and the Security Council will look in ten years? The U.N. will evolve. U.N. reform is not an event. It is a process that has been underway since before the organization was even founded. Our task, as members of civil society and as policy makers is to envision a future in which nations can effectively work together to resolve global problems that no nation can solve alone. The U.N. has continued to evolve. Part of that evolution and reform could include changes such as the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA); the Schwartzberg Plan, which would reduce the number of seats on the Security Council to 12 regional seats; 'responsibility not to veto' (RN2V), which would require the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council (P5) agree not to use their veto power to block action in response to genocide and mass atrocities; and the United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS), which would create a rapidly deployed and comprehensive emergency peace force that would be able to intervene effectively and quickly in conflict situations.