Talk:Enlargement of the United Nations

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Future enlargement

What restrictions are placed on states wishing to join the UN? Is there a vote in the General Assembly? The Security Council? Do the veto powers apply? --Khajidha (talk) 13:19, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

A new member has to receive approval from both the General Assembly and the Security Council, and veto powers apply. More information can be found at Member states of the United Nations. Chanheigeorge (talk) 20:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

I've read that and it still doesn't give much detail. I assume that the required number of votes in the Security Council is nine, as it is for everything else, but what number/percentage of votes is necessary for the General Assembly vote? Simple majority (>50%) or some form of super-majority (2/3?, 75%?, 90%?). Checking the General Assembly page I see that it is 2/3 of those "present and voting", but a page titled Enlargement of the United Nations should really have a section detailing the process step by step. --Khajidha (talk) 18:26, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

If you can find more details, feel free to add to this article or at the article member states of the United Nations. I have not looked much into the procedural aspects of admission, as I think in reality the General Assembly always votes positively when the Security Council recommends membership; the real power behind whether a membership application is approved (or even gets on the agenda) lies in the veto powers. Chanheigeorge (talk) 13:57, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Updated map needed

The map needs to be updated to take account of South Sudan becoming a member. Davshul (talk) 06:28, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Security Council resolutions

As we actually have articles on a great number of UNSC resolution, I'll be adding them here. I have a short spell of free time to do this, I probably will not finish, soo... hopefully someone will finish this.--... there's more than what can be linked. 09:07, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Kuwait

There seems to be no Security Council resolution advising the General Assembly the admission of Kuwait. The transcript of the GA session admitting Kuwait is downloadable here, and there it says that the "Security Council has quite recently unanimously recommended (1034th meeting) the admission of ... Kuwait." - this meeting falls between SC Resolutions 178 and 179. Does this mean that there is no resolution for Kuwait? Could have the UN General Assembly admitted Kuwait without a formal Resolution? I don't get it... --... there's more than what can be linked. 19:51, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Short Form or Long Form Names?

Should we use the short form or long form names of the countries? The point is that while a number of countries changed their short name, a larger number changed only their long name. For example, Yugoslavia was called the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-63), and then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ('63 onwards), and this change is not noted here, as the country is only named as Yugoslavia. So do we add all the long name changes as well? I am aware that very few people visit this article, but a second opinion would be most appreciated. --... there's more than what can be linked. 19:50, 14 July 2012 (UTC)