While the cholera outbreak in Haiti still claims victims every month, it is also the backdrop of one of the biggest legal battles the UN has been engaged in – one for the recognition of harm caused and for reparations for victims of cholera. Having used its immunity to disengage from the issue, the UN finally changed its stance in December 2016 and apologized for the organization’s role in the cholera outbreak. This article analyses the role of the elected members of the Security Council – alongside other key stakeholders – in contributing to the UN’s change of policy. Based on privileged access to a number of actors in this politico-legal fight, this article argues that elected members of the Security Council have played a crucial role in pushing the UN to ‘do the right thing’. This article, along with other contributions to this special issue, sheds a different light on the practices inside the Security Council, demonstrating that elected members are far from being powerless, as most of the literature on the subject tends to assume. They can successfully play a significant role inside the organization when the right conditions permit them to play this role.

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The Security Council in practice: Haiti, cholera, and the elected members of the United Nations Security Council

虽然海地的霍乱疫情仍然每个月都有受害者死亡，但它也是联合国参与的最大法律斗争之一的背景 - 一场承认造成的伤害并为霍乱受害者提供赔偿的斗争。2016 年 12 月，联合国利用其豁免权摆脱了这个问题，最终改变了立场，并为该组织在霍乱爆发中的作用道歉。本文分析了安全理事会选举成员的作用 - 以及其他主要利益攸关方 - 在促进联合国政策变革方面的作用。根据私人法律斗争中许多行动者的特权访问，本文认为，安全理事会的选举成员在推动联合国“做正确的事情”中发挥了至关重要的作用。这篇文章以及对本期特刊的其他贡献，sheds a different light on the practices inside the Security Council, demonstrating that elected members are far from being powerless, as most of the literature on the subject tends to assume. 当适当的条件允许他们扮演这个角色时，他们可以成功地在组织内扮演重要的角色。