Putting R2P into the Security Council Context.

This paper shall outline the UN's collective security system (i.e. measures listed under Chapter VII of the Charter) and the Responsiblity to Protect (R2P) doctrine in order to provide context for the panel, etntitled: "Stranger, Save Yourself". This paper is divided into three parts. Part 1 will outline the UN's collective security system especially its measures and ideals.Part 2 will explore the R2P doctrine as outlined in the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty's (ICISS) report entitled: Responsibility to Protect. Given that both the UN's collective security system and the R2P doctrine are about more than armed force, Part 3 widens the discussion by providing examples of the ways and means the Security Council has been able to endorse and further its responsibility to protect - to include also the responsibility to prevent, react and rebuild. Despite the overwhelming negative press regarding the Security Council's failure to apply R2P (read force), this paper suggests there are other measures of protection that the Security Council can and does apply that are within both the collective security and R2P framework. The hope is that this paper will widen the debate beyond the confines of missions involving armed force to reveal the myriad of ways and means the Security Council can and has applied the collective security system and the tenants of the R2P doctrine to save lives. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]