TY - JOUR ID - 143618 TI - Pandemic and Human Security: An Analysis with Special Reference to the Role of the United Nations JO - Iranian Review for UN Studies JA - IRUNS LA - en SN - AU - Shafiei Bafti, Negin AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Law and Theology, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 103 EP - 131 KW - Pandemic KW - Securitization KW - National Security KW - Human Security KW - UN DO - 10.22034/iruns.2022.143618 N2 - Pandemic is the last phase of influenza viruses’ circulation which may have various impacts that threatens the maintenance of international peace and security. In its Resolution 2532, the UN Security Council described the COVID-19 pandemic as a likely threat to international peace and security. It is generally accepted that there are two approaches to security: national and human security. Both of these approaches have their own tools for managing a pandemic crisis. In the first part of this paper, the definition and various impacts of a pandemic will be discussed. The second part will address the securitization of health. In the third part, the paper will discuss how national and human security approaches would manage health crises including a pandemic. The paper recommends that in order to manage pandemic crisis as a global threat, the human-security approach would be much more effective due to its co-operation-oriented nature UR - http://www.iruns.ir/article_143618.html L1 - http://www.iruns.ir/article_143618_931f88014b00ac91e7413614219d1f12.pdf ER -