PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
UN Security Council: Membership (22 March 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what mechanisms exist to (a) suspend or (b) remove a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
Answer
There is no mechanism to suspend or remove a permanent member specifically from the UN Security Council (UNSC). Suspension or expulsion of any Member State from the United Nations itself requires a decision of the UN General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. Any permanent member of the UNSC can therefore veto its own - or others' - proposed suspension or expulsion.
Answered by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative)
25 March 2022
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