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The UN Security Council (UNSC) is the principal organ under the UN Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security. Since 1945 the UNSC has taken up inter-state items in fulfilment of its mandated task. During the cold war only the UNSC rarely turned to matters focusing on the well-being of individuals rather than on political communities. Between 1945 and 1990 this practice was fully in line with the predominant orientation of international politics as practised by the principal foes and their allies. Since 1990 multilateralism experienced a sea change. The increase in internal conflicts resulted in a shift in the agendas of global and regional organs, primarily of the UNSC, but also of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).1
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On the conceptual security debate since 1990 see i.a.: Cousens/ Kumar/ Wermester (2001); Hammerstad (2000); Hurrell (1999); Patman (1999); Rothschild (1995); Terriff/ Croft/James/Morgan (1999); Tuchman Mathews (1989); VÄyrynen (1999).
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See the annual Human Security Report by the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. Its definition of ‘human security’ comprises the protection of communities and individuals from internal violence, as well as the defence of borders against external threats, i.e. it refers to ‘freedom from fear’ (Mack 2003). On the first Human Security Report of October 2005, see at: http://www.humansecurityreport.info/, and for a free download see at: <http://www.human-securityrep ort.info/index.php?option=content&task=view& id=28&Itemid=63>.
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Dedring, J. (2008). Human Security and the UN Security Council. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Globalization and Environmental Challenges. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75977-5_46
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