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Section E38. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

2024 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

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Published: 30 April 2024

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Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Yearly Rank to Compare the Global Political Power among Countries, Alliances and Coalitions to Survive Long Wars at the Military Level, Economic Level, and Political Level

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Section E38. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is an organ of the United Nations that is responsible for preserving global peace and global security. However, the structure of the UNSC is based on the outcome of WWII, rather than on the current global order in terms of superpowers. Considering that, the UNSC includes 5 permanent members: USA, Russia, China, the UK, and France, while the combination of the 10 non-permanent members is changed each year, yet each non-permanent member serves in the UNSC for a term of two years. Moreover, the regional combination of the UNSC includes 3 members from Africa, 3 members from Asia-Pacific, 2 members from East Europe, 2 members from Latin America and the Caribbean, and 2 from West Europe and other states, so even the regional combination of the UNSC does not reflect the current global order. Importantly, on the contrary to the United Nations General Assembly that all its decisions are not binding, then the UNSC is the only UN organ that has the authority to get resolutions that are binding on all member states, still, the Veto-Right leads usually to useless resolutions because in too many cases one of the permanent members of the UNSC uses its Veto-Right (see Global Risks by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher, 25 February 2023, United Nations: Rubber Stamp?, https://www.rozen-bakher.com/forum/2023/02/25/un). Thus, the UNSC gives a good indication regarding the Political Fight between the Superpowers. In the light of the above, this section includes the following four analyses: i) UNSC in 2024 by 2024 Global Survival Rank (E38.1). ii) Permanent Members versus Non-Permanent Members of UNSC in 2024 (E38.2). iii) UNSC in 2024 by Region (E38.3). iv) Comparing the USA Coalition versus the Russia-China Coalition in UNSC in 2024 (E38.4).

E38.1 UNSC in 2024

Table 219. Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024

E38.2 UNSC in 2024: Permanent Members versus Non-Permanent Members 

Map 75. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024: Permanent Members versus Non-Permanent Members 

E38.2.1 Permanent Members of the UNSC

Table 220. Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

E38.2.1.1 Permanent Members of the UNSC among USA Coalition

Table 221. Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) among USA Coalition

E38.2.1.2 Permanent Members of the UNSC among Russia-China Coalition

Table 222. Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) among Russia-China Coalition

E38.2.2 Non-Permanent Members of the UNSC in 2024

Table 223. Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024

E38.2.2.1 Non-Permanent Members of the UNSC in 2024 among USA Coalition

Table 224. Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024 among USA Coalition

E38.2.2.2 Non-Permanent Members of the UNSC in 2024 among Russia-China Coalition

Table 225. Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024 among Russia-China Coalition

E38.3 UNSC in 2024, sorted by Region

The Region Structure of the UNSC reflects the World Region Structure in the past, while the Region Structure of the 2024 Global Survival Rank reflects the World Region Structure in the present, as follows:

  • Region Structure of UNSC: African States (3 Countries), Asia-Pacific States (3 Countries), Eastern European States (2 Countries), Latin American and Caribbean States (2 Countries), and Western European and Other States (5 Countries).

  • Region Structure of 2024 Global Survival Rank (Number of Countries and Colonies): Africa (59) Atlantic Ocean  (1) Central Asia & Caucasus (8) East-South Asia (26) [Europe  (56) Western European Countries  (49) Eastern European Countries  (7)] Indian Ocean  (1) Latin America & Caribbean  (52) Middle-East  (21) North America  (5) Oceania  (27) 

Table 226. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024 by Region

E38.4 UNSC in 2024: USA Coalition versus Russia-China Coalition

Map 76. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024: USA Coalition versus Russia-China Coalition

E38.4.1 UNSC in 2024: USA Coalition 

Table 227. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024 among USA Coalition

E38.4.2 UNSC in 2024: Russia-China Coalition

Table 228. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2024 among Russia-China Coalition