UN and Syria

Hey!
So today I'm going to talk about why The UN do not involve in the war in Syria.

The UN Charter states that the use of military force , or threat of use of force is prohibited , albeit with two exceptions. One is self defense , and the second is if the Security Council decides that something is a big threat to the peace , the need to use military force to remove the threat .
A resolution from the Security Council could facilitate the use of such instruments , but Russia and China will therefore not accept such a decree and has previously vetoed three times against resolutions criticizing the Assad regime . Russia also criticized the West for supporting the rebels in Syria with weapons.
But unless the Security Council to agree on Syria , even after the use of nerve gas , is it that we still should intervene with military force , although it is a violation of international law to enter without a mandate from the Security Council ?

The problem with this thinking is that the only "we" that exist internationally , the UN Security Council. No other organ has similar legitimacy to make decisions on behalf of the world community. But unless , of course , one defines the global community to not include China and Russia , which would effectively excluded 1.5 billion people . In addition , such a breach of international law opened the way for other countries to take their place in the future.

Each violation of the UN Charter and international law is a step towards a world where big countries take their place and power are entitled . It is not a recipe for a peaceful world.

The problem in Syria is rather too much foreign interference , than too little . While Russia supports the regime of resources and weapons , supports a number of other countries like USA, Saudi Arabia and Quatar different parts of the rebel movement . All based on their own interests and concerns.

This drives the conflict continued , and the civil war has got its own logic, where the interests of parties outside Syria driver conflict on. The worst thing one can do in this situation is to initiate illegal military operations that will raise the level of conflict and potential spread to the rest of the region considerably.

The way forward should be to continue negotiating track in the United Nations, as the most optimistic believe may be revived by Russia's initiative to get Syria to sign the Convention against chemical weapons. Maybe this could open the way to negotiations where both parties set up unconditionally.

This solution will be far less emotionally satisfying than bombing the regime because " we must do something" , but will have far greater chances to contribute to a lasting peace in Syria and the Middle East.


Today , more than two years later , the conflict has evolved into a brutal civil war with conflicts that go far beyond Syria's borders.

After what was probably an attack with nerve gas in August , the demands for foreign intervention in the civil war come fully . Very many, both in and outside Syria , asking the right : Why does not the UN more to stop the conflict in Syria ?

The conflict in Syria has been up in the UN Security Council a number of times . But the Council has failed to agree on a resolution condemning the regime , because Russia and China have vetoed . Russia is afraid that a resolution on Syria to be an opening for regime change and Western intervention in the civil war , as was the case in Libya.

Against this backdrop , several advocated bypassing the UN and use military force against the Syrian regime , although this would be a clear violation of international law.

The main argument revolves , as it often does, that the situation is so horrendous that we have an ethical and moral responsibility to do something, and if the Security Council fails to give us a mandate to use force to stop the suffering in the Civil War , so must we do it anyway...
And what I think is that if the UN gets involved in the war, it is actually a bit difficult for them because Russia and China are major powers and I even think they support Syria

M.K :)