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Understanding Elected Member Influence: A Three-dimensional Framework to Explain Influence on the UNSC

The framework identifies three key dimensions that have a bearing on elected members’ influence on the Council: the pathways of influence, the purchasing power of influence and the practice of influence. The briefing note can be accessed here.

On 14 December 2018, SCAN held a roundtable that presented a three-dimensional framework to understand influence on Security Council decision-making. The New York event was attended by diplomats from selected UNSC member states.