Bulletin n. 2-3/2012
October 2012-February 2013
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • McCully Murray
    Seeking a security council voice: Murray McCully provides an update on new Zealand's campaign to secure a seat on the UN Security Council and discusses reform of the council.
    in New Zealand International Review , September, 2012 ,  2012
    In this article I will put on record the ground rules under which we are contesting a UN Security Council seat--because in some respects we appear to be testing what seems to have become conventional wisdom about such campaigns, and I want to make it clear that we are doing so with our eyes open. And I want to set out the government's thinking on the question of Security Council reform--on which matter I took a paper to the Cabinet during 2011. But, of course, it is impossible to address any of these matters meaningfully without first answering two underlying questions: does the Security Council matter? And does New Zealand's membership of that body matter? A quick glance at the newspaper headlines any day in recent months should have been sufficient to convince most New Zealanders of the importance of the role of the UN Security Council. The appalling tragedy that is Syria continues to unfold before our eyes.
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