Peace and Security
The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter of the United Nations, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions.
The Security Council takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression. It calls upon the parties to a dispute to settle it by peaceful means and recommends methods of adjustment or terms of settlement. In some cases, the Security Council can resort to imposing sanctions or even authorize the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security. (Source: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/)
DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Wickliffe, U.S. Marine Corps.
“The failure of the UN – My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.”
— Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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The Invasion of Iraq (2003-2011) was a US led invasion of Iraq for allegedly owning weapons of mass destruction, and for ending the dictatorship regime of Saddam Hussein. The war was devastating and resulted in the murder of more than one hundred thousand Iraqi civilians, and 4700 U.S. troops. In the end, the US proved unsuccessful in proving the existence of WMD but hanged Saddam Hussein and established a democratic rule in Iraq.
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