ABSTRACT
This chapter considers two areas in which reform has been suggested throughout various stages in the life of the United Nations: membership of the Security Council; and the power of veto held by permanent members of the Council. It also considers the issue of Security Council accountability in the context of the judicial review of Council decisions. A proposal to convene a General Conference was triggered under article 109(3) during the tenth session of the General Assembly in 1955. Article 108 of the Charter anticipates the submission of specific proposals for change by members of the UN, rather than through the holding of a General Conference. The most beneficial option, it seems, would be for the General Assembly or Security Council to invoke article 96 of the UN Charter and request the International Court of Justice for an Advisory Opinion on the legal parameters of the relevant non-use of force provisions of the Charter.
