Reforming the Security Council: the Question that won’t go Away

Last week Saudi Arabia took the unprecedented step of turning down the offer of a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, accusing the body of having failed in its “duties and … responsibilities in keeping world peace.” Saudi Arabia may have had the deadlock over Syria in mind, but it had the “work mechanisms and double standards” of the Security Council (UNSC) very firmly in its sights.

Read more in Simon Reid-Henry’s (PRIO) blog post at theNorwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies.