The Role Of The Un Security Council In Maintaining International Peace and Security In The Times Of Pandemics
Sezai ÇAĞLAYAN
Table of Contents
PREFACE 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS 9
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . 13
INTRODUCTION .15
CHAPTER 1:
PANDEMICS: UNIQUE THREATS TO IPAS
IPaS in the UN Charter . 23
Peace and Security as Components of IPaS . 28
2.1. Peace . 28
2.2. Security 30
Categories of Threats to IPaS. 33
3.1. Conventional Threats 35
3.1.1. Inter-State Situations 35
3.1.2. Intra-State Situations 38
3.2. Non-Conventional Threats 42
3.2.1. International Terrorism. 42
3.2.2. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) 44
3.2.3. Unanswered Threat: Climate Change . 47
The Last Member of the Family: Pandemics 49
4.1. What Changed the Perception of the UN Security
Council Towards Pandemics? 50
4.2. Pandemics For Which the Security Council Issued
Resolutions 56
4.2.1. HIV/AIDS . 56
4.2.2. EBOLA 59
4.2.3. COVID-19. 62
10 Table of Contents
CHAPTER 2:
RETHINKING IPAS THROUGH THE LENS OF VIOLENCE
Violence as a Framework for Peace .67
Violence, Peace, and Pandemics: Galtung’s Theory as
Inspiration 76
2.1. Galtung’s Formula of Violence.78
2.1.1. Dimensions of Violence .80
2.1.2. Types of Violence 81
2.1.3. Defining Peace Through Violence84
Violence and Peace in the Times of Pandemics .87
3.1. Dimensions of Violence That Pandemics Cause.88
3.2. Types of Violence That Pandemics Cause 93
3.3. Re-defining Pandemic-Driven Violence:
Pandemioviolence98
3.3.1. Defining Peace through Pandemioviolence 104
CHAPTER 3:
THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S PERFORMANCE AGAINST PANDEMIOVIOLENCE
Defining the Approach of the Security Council Towards
Pandemics 107
1.1. Pre-2000 Period .107
1.2. Post-2000 Period108
The Security Council in Theory: Re-reading the Council’s
Resolutions to Address Pandemioviolence 115
2.1. Resolution 1308 .123
2.2. Resolution 1983 .124
2.3. Resolution 2177 .125
2.4. Resolution 2439 .125
2.5. Resolution 2532 .126
2.6. Resolution 2625 .127
2.7. Complementary Resolutions127
The Security Council in Practice: Combating
Pandemioviolence through UN Peace Missions.130
Table of Contents 11
3.1. Background of UN Peace Missions 131
3.2. Shortcomings of Current Missions 134
3.3. Efficacy of Current Missions Against Pandemioviolence. 137
3.3.1. HIV/AIDS 137
3.3.2. Ebola 141
3.3.3. COVID-19 . 144
CONCLUSION .147
BIBLIOGRAPHY 151