Publication

In 2012 five smaller member-states of the United Nations – Singapore, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Jordan, and Liechtenstein – describing themselves as the ‘Small Five’ or ‘S5’ sought to have a resolution adopted in the General Assembly. This paper argues that sustained and persevering efforts would be necessary to bring about changes in a system naturally resistant to them, and a setback is not, and must not be seen as, a defeat.