Admission to the United Nations: Charter Article 4 and the Rise of Universal OrganizationThe United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. Eventually, however, the UN came to approximate a universal organization - i.e., open to and aspiring to include all States. This presents a legal question, for Article 4 of the Charter contains substantive criteria to limit admission of States to the UN and no formal amendment has touched that part of the Charter. This book gives an up-to-date account of admission to the UN, from the 1950s ‘logjam’ through on-going controversies like Kosovo and Taiwan. With reference to Charter law, the book considers how Article 4 came to accommodate universality and what the future of a universal organization in a world of politically diverse States might be. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 Admission under the UN Charter | 5 |
Implementing Article 4? | 23 |
The Admissions of 19556 | 63 |
The Eclipse of Substantive Admission Criteria | 99 |
Chapter 5 Admission after the Package Deal | 145 |
MicroStates Neutral States and the Residue of Empires | 201 |
Chapter 7 Consequences of Admission | 251 |
Conclusion | 293 |
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