Book contents
- German Practice in International Law
- German Practice in International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- GPIL – German Practice in International Law
- Table of Cases
- Table of German Statutes
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- 1 Foundations and Functions of International Law
- 2 States and Their Organs
- 3 Inter-State Political and Economic Relations and Transactions
- 4 State Jurisdiction and Immunities
- 5 State Responsibility and Liability
- 6 Antarctica, Sea, Air and Space
- 7 Individuals, Their Human Rights and Their International Criminal Responsibility
- 8 Natural Resources and the Environment
- 9 The United Nations and Other International Organisations
- 10 Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament
- 11 International Disputes and Their Settlement
- Annex 1 Notable Statements on International Law by Germany in 2019
- Annex 2 International Agreements Concluded by Germany in 2019
- Index
9 - The United Nations and Other International Organisations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
- German Practice in International Law
- German Practice in International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- GPIL – German Practice in International Law
- Table of Cases
- Table of German Statutes
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- 1 Foundations and Functions of International Law
- 2 States and Their Organs
- 3 Inter-State Political and Economic Relations and Transactions
- 4 State Jurisdiction and Immunities
- 5 State Responsibility and Liability
- 6 Antarctica, Sea, Air and Space
- 7 Individuals, Their Human Rights and Their International Criminal Responsibility
- 8 Natural Resources and the Environment
- 9 The United Nations and Other International Organisations
- 10 Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament
- 11 International Disputes and Their Settlement
- Annex 1 Notable Statements on International Law by Germany in 2019
- Annex 2 International Agreements Concluded by Germany in 2019
- Index
Summary
This chapter deals with Germany’s perspective on and activities in the United Nations and other international organisations. Germany announced that it would run again for membership of the Human Rights Council. Although Germany was elected, there are signs that not every State supports the country’s human rights policy. Criticism of Syria by the German ambassador to the UN during a session on the USA’s recognition of Israel’s annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan is found to be rather unusual. In declining to regard a Ukrainian language law as a matter of international peace and security, Germany inconsistently adopts a restrictive view on what falls within the mandate of the Security Council. Additionally, Germany’s attempts to put the human rights situation in the DPRK and climate change on the Security Council agenda are covered. Also discussed are Germany’s insistence on the immunity of a German-Tunisian UN arms expert; and Germany voting against an anti-Israel decision at the World Health Assembly in a move towards a new German policy on resolving the Middle East situation in UN bodies.
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- German Practice in International Law2019, pp. 295 - 329Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022