UN Security Council Extraordinary Powers: The Ukraine Crisis as a Model

Subhi, Aws Akram Muhammad

doi:10.37651/aujlps.2025.165868.1635

	UN Security Council Extraordinary Powers: The Ukraine Crisis as a Model
Journal of Anbar University for Law and Political Sciences
Article 49, Volume 16, Issue: 2, June 2026, Pages 1227-1244 PDF (716.61 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37651/aujlps.2025.165868.1635
Author
Aws Akram Muhammad Subhi^*
University of Baghdad/College of Education for Women
Abstract
The study concludes that the Security Council’s exceptional power collide with a political reality conditioned by politics, not just law, which works to deprive the Council of its effectiveness when it comes to a state with veto power, This may raise questions about the future of reforming the collective security system and the balance of powers within the United Nations. The Security Council has unique responsibility, exclusive decision-making powers, and a range of tools at its disposal to address a conflict or potential threat. The Council can initially recommend that the parties reach an agreement by peaceful means. It can request the UN Secretary-General to appoint special representatives to assist and guide efforts toward resolving a conflict in situations where it occurs. The Council may also issue directives regarding ceasefires, the dispatch of UN peacekeeping forces, or the use of coercive enforcement measures, such as sanctions, with or without the consent of national governments. The Council can take steps to protect civilians caught in conflict, for example, by allowing humanitarian organizations access across national borders. The Council can direct governments to limit or disarm certain weapons, for example, by requiring or signing non-proliferation treaties and the destruction of chemical weapons.
Keywords
Authority; Security Council; Exceptional Power; United Nations; Ukraine Crisis

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