It's happening! Russian media report that P5 leaders will hold a video summit on #COVID19 this Friday. A few notes on why this makes me unreasonably excited [1/5]
In the short term, a P5 "virtual summit" is (hopefully) a signal that the #SecurityCouncil will get behind a @franceonu's push for a resolution backing @antonioguterres #GlobalCeasefire appeal, albeit with caveats [2/5]. crisisgroup.org/global/global-…
I am not sure that a #UNSC resolution on #COVID19 will fully restore the SC's credibility after weeks of P5 bickering over how to react to the #pandemic and #globalceasefire, but it's probably still better than nothing. [3/5] foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/17/tru…
More broadly, minimal coordination among the P5 remains a precondition for #UNSC action more generally, as I argued @UNUCPR [4/5] cpr.unu.edu/minimum-order.…
Most recommendations for revitalising the UNSC (like this good @pass_blue piece by @CarverUNA and Mona Khalil) presume that it is necessary to constrain the P5. But at the end of the day some P5 coordination remains a prerequisite for functional UN. [ENDS] passblue.com/2020/04/21/un-…
