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SYLLABUS: International Relations<\/b><\/p>\n

General Studies \u2013 : II <\/b>Important International institutions, agencies and fora – their structure, mandate.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

IN NEWS:<\/b> The United Nations\u2019 long road to restoring trust<\/span><\/p>\n

QUESTION: <\/b>How does the veto power of the permanent members of the UN Security Council affect the principles of sovereign equality and collective security? Discuss.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANSWER: <\/b>The veto power exercised by the five permanent members (P5) under <\/span>Article 27(3)<\/b> of the UN Charter was instituted as a political compromise at the 1945 San Francisco Conference. While intended to ensure great-power participation, it creates an inherent contradiction between the realistic power dynamics of 1945 and the normative principles of <\/span>Sovereign Equality<\/b> and <\/span>Collective Security<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I. Impact on the Principle of Sovereign Equality<\/b><\/h4>\n

Article 2(1) of the UN Charter explicitly states that the UN is based on the <\/span>“sovereign equality of all its Members.”<\/span><\/i> However, the veto mechanism structurally undermines this:<\/span><\/p>\n