A Atuação Do Conselho De Segurança Das Nações Unidas Na Guerra Civil Síria: Conflitos De Interesse E Impasses Entre Os P5 E a Consequente Falta De Resolução Para a Questão

Abstract

The Security Council, responsible for maintaining a peaceful global order, promotesthe discussion and implementation of conflict resolution measures that representthreats to international security. The present work demonstrates that the impassesand conflicts of interest between its permanent member countries in the case of theSyrian civil war resulted in the lack of direct action of the organ and its inability tosolve the humanitarian crisis in question.

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“…It should be noted however, the close relationship of cooperation Russia and Syria maintained beyond the war per se. Both Guimarães & Carvalho (2017) and Souza & Machado (2015) agree with the historical relations that Russia and Syria maintain among themselves since the time of USSR, not to mention the Russian port of Tartus in Syria that gives access to Mediterranean Sea and that shows itself as an important strategic location for Russia. (SOUZA & MACHADO, 2015;GUIMARÃES AND CARVALHO, 2017).…”

“…Equally to the Libyan case, there was also an attempt to frame the intervention on Syria on the aegis of the R2P and its consequently need to protect civilians of crimes against humanity, massacres and mass atrocities, beyond the recognized responsibility of other nations to act in defense of such populations. (GUIMARÃES & CARVALHO, 2017). But, as said earlier, in order to avoid and prevent that the Syrian case turned into a "second Libya", (i.e.…”