Uno ade? The System of Collective Security in the Context of the Iraq-Kuwait-Crisis

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, printed single-sided, grade: 13-14 Punkte, University of Marburg, 33 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Due to the Iraqi aggression against Kuwait, Chapter VII of the UN-Charter hasserved for the Security Council to legalize military intervention against Iraq.13 In thisconnection, it is relevant to deal with Chapter VII as the only element within theCharter which authorizes the Security Council to make use of military force in case itcharacterizes a crisis as a threat for international peace or as a breach of peace. Therefrom, scopes of action to protect international peace and security, but also possiblebarriers will be interpreted.Based on these theoretical fundamentals, the second part intends to give an empiricalanalysis in which it should be proven to what extent the Iraq-Kuwait crisis can beregarded as a renaissance of usage of force and in to what extent it can be really regardedas an example of outstanding cooperation between the members of SecurityCouncil. It would go beyond the scope of this paper to analyse every Resolutionwhich passed by the Security Council before Resolution 678 was accepted and thereis no interest in going into details about military action on the field.14 First of all it isrelevant to give a short differentiation between Chapter VI and Chapter VII, becauseeach of them suggests other strategies on how to treat a conflict.[...]