The Admission to the United Nations of the Ex-Soviet and Ex-Yugoslav States

1 Baltic Yearbook of International Law 167–189 (2001)

17 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2019 Last revised: 14 Dec 2019

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Roger O'Keefe

Bocconi University - Department of Law

Date Written: 2001

Abstract

It is often said that the timing of the admission to the UN of many of the former Soviet and Yugoslav states—in some cases ‘premature’, in others ‘delayed’—was down to politics. But if ‘politics’ is used in opposition to law, the analysis is wide of the mark. Post-Cold War practice on admissions was at all times governed by the Purposes and Principles of the UN. In discharging its mandate as the organ with primary responsibility for the admission of new Members, the Security Council also actively discharged its mandate as the organ with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.

Keywords: United Nations, Admission, Ex-Soviet states, Ex-Yugoslav states

Suggested Citation

O'Keefe, Roger, The Admission to the United Nations of the Ex-Soviet and Ex-Yugoslav States (2001). 1 Baltic Yearbook of International Law 167–189 (2001), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3496677 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3496677

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