Irrelevant or Indispensable? The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century
| Author/creator | Heinbecker, Paul Editor |
| Other author | Goff, Patricia M. Editor |
| Other author | Goff, Patricia Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press North York : University of Toronto Press [Distributor] |
| Description | 210 p. 08.980 x 06.030 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in International Governance Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation Suffering from a divided membership, the United Nations is at a crossroads, unable to assure human or national security. The UN has been criticised as irrelevant by its most -- and least -- powerful members alike because it can't reach consensus on how to respond to twenty-first century challenges of global terrorism, endemic poverty, and crimes against humanity. Secretary General Kofi Annan has proposed a package of sweeping reforms that would safeguard the rule of law, outlaw terrorism, protect the innocent from abusive governments, reduce poverty by half, safeguard human rights, and enlarge the Security Council. Intended to reinvigorate the institution and galvanise its members into action, his proposals are extensive and innovative, courageous and controversial. This volume assembles the perspectives of current practitioners, leading academics, civil society representatives, and UN officials on transforming the secretary general's proposed reforms into action. Their assessments are frank and their views varied, but they do agree on one thing -- the United Nations must be made more effective precisely because it is indispensable to the promotion of economic development and collective security in the twenty-first century. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780889204935 |
| ISBN | 0889204934 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780889204935 |
| Stock number | 00200625 |
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