The United Nations: Past, Present and Future

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-90-411-0337-6
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 200 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 186 g

Reihe: Nijhoff Law Specials

The United Nations is no more than a very modest element in the whole complex body of institutions which form the structure of international relations. It may thus appear surprising that this organization should have been, and can still be, the object of such enthusiasm and such hate--of such admiration and such derision--and that the most contradictory opinions should daily be expressed on what it does, on its operation and its effectiveness, and on the steps which should be taken for its reform.

It is impossible to understand this paradoxical situation without analyzing the interrelationships between ideas about peace--which were false since the beginning of the League of Nations, the manner in which these ideas have come to be embodied in a structure which prevented the institution from becoming a useful instrument of negotiation, and the accelerating rate of political change in the world, all of which make some suggest that the UN is becoming more and more irrelevant.

Today, the UN touches on everything, but does not in any way give a response to the dream of peace which it was supposed to realize.

Through a thorough analysis of the role of the League of Nations and of the UN in the field of security, an evaluation of their rare successes and their numerous failures, and a complete review of the activities of the organisation in the economic and social fields, Maurice Bertrand shows that there is a need today for a radical reform of the whole complex of global organizations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bertrand, Maruice

Bertrand, Maurice

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Vereinte Nationen, UN Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. The Development of World Organisation. 2. The UN and Problems of Security During the Cold War - 1945-1985. 3. The UN - Economic and Social. 4. The UN and Security Since the End of the Cold War. 5. The UN - Reform Or Reconstruction. Select Bibliography. Index.