The (in)Functioning of the United Nations Security Council in the Context of Russian Aggression: is it Naive to Expect Change?
Journal: Vilnius University Open Series
Year: 2024

Russia’s aggression against sovereign Ukraine in February 2022 has once again highlighted the shortcomings of the UNSC mechanism. The UNSC, which continues the work of its predecessor, the League of Nations, and which has the mission of maintaining world peace and security, is incapable, in the context of the war in Ukraine, of adopting the necessary resolutions and other actions that would help to put an end to the ongoing aggression. The planned reforms of the UNSC have not been implemented in