Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256150 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 12/2011
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
Since January 1, 2011, Germany has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. It was elected to the most important UN body for a two-year term, together with Portugal, India, Colombia, and South Africa. As a member of the Security Council, Germany takes on a special responsibility for international peace and security. Yet Berlin will have little leeway to set its own course: The German agenda will be determined to a large extent by the Council's objectives as defined by the UN Charter, by the flashpoints of global politics, and by whatever crises develop during this period, as we are presently witnessing in the Arab world. On this background, it is all the more important for Germany to determine its priority objectives and to sharpen their strategic focus
Document Type: 
Research Report

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