ABSTRACT
The United Nations (UN) Security Council has since World War II and ab ovo of the UN, played roles in promoting world ebullience and preventing another world war experience. The Council guards world peace as does the Fafnir the Nibelungs’ gold in Norse mythology. It can be described as the abacas of the Organization. At the echelon of the Council, like an Agamemnon, are five member nations whose exclusive access to permanent membership can be likened to an adytum. Under the UN Charter, all five permanent member nations of the Council must sanction any security enforcement measure before it becomes a kosher. They may however not always be a junto as interests in sanctioning enforcement measures or going jibbers and withholding approval may vary. Some may see threats to world peace posed by certain conflicts as mere adenoma compared to their national interests. Where a permanent member, in sometimes gaudy circumstances, withholds approval, or where a country or a nation face imminent annihilation and the Council dawdles in convening to homologate enforcement measures, what steps have been and/or can be taken to ensure peace? This paper discusses the organs of the UN and does a critical appraisal of the Security Council, its peacekeeping and peace-building roles, enforcement measures under the Charter and makes recommendations for more effective decision making process of the Council especially at a time when conflicts between Russia and Ukraine threatens world peace and may escalate to World War III if not properly managed.
Keywords: Child Rights, UN, Laws, International Law.