Download or read book The United Nations Security Council Military Staff Committee: Relic Or Revival? written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The above contrasting views exemplify the dichotomy of opinions concerning the creation of a United Nations (UN) standing military force to deter and, when required, combat international aggression under the terms of Article 43 of the UN Charter. The prime vehicle for coordination of this on-call military force, created under Article 47, was to be the Military Staff Committee (MSC) of the UN Security Council. Put to sleep while still in its infancy as a relic of the early days of the Cold War, the MSC is now in its fourth decade of dormancy following its premature demise. Recent signs, however, indicate that the end of the Cold War may have created an opportunity in which an expanded role for the MSC, or something similar in function, may now be possible.