ABSTRACT
In the twenty-first century, there is a sustained focus by military powers on technology owing to its centrality in integrating kinetic battle platforms and equally the force multiplier effect in asymmetrical warfare. In the international arena, any threat to global security is a problem shared by all States, particularly when new technology affords opportunity to develop devastating weaponry in an already over militarised world. The existence of the UN as a quasi-universal international institution has fundamentally changed the character of the inter national system and the post-World War II international security system. Military conflicts continue to grow in number and lethality, with States largely paying only lip-service to importance of national, regional and international peace and security despite the fact that collective security established by the UN is specifically geared to de-escalate conflict in favour of peaceful settlement. Despite a number of failings, the UN Charter framework has often shown itself capable of adapting to a variety of new tasks.
