The role of regionalism in the restructuring of the United Nations
Posted: 2 April, 2012 Filed under: Anél Ferreira-Snyman | Tags: Pan-Africanism, Regionalism, Security Council, United Nations, Universalist 3 Comments
Author: Prof Anél Ferreira-Snyman
Professor, Department of Jurisprudence at the University of South Africa
One of the most pressing current international issues is the restructuring of the United Nations (UN). The changing international realities since its inception in 1945 have had a significant impact on the functioning and structure of the UN and reform of the international institution is therefore increasingly proposed and debated.
Included in these changing realities is the (renewed) process of regional integration in various parts of the world. States transfer certain aspects of their national sovereignty to regional organisations, as they realise that there are certain issues of common concern that they cannot address independently.
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