Second Generation United Nations

For Peace and Freedom in the 21st Century
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7103-0558-9
Verlag: Kegan Paul

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

First published in 1997. As the United Nations moves beyond its fiftieth anniversary into the new millennium, it is faced with a new global system fraught with political and economic tensions that can no longer be handled with models that defined the organization when it was founded in 1945. An innovative vision for a restructuring of the United Nations, this book offers an insider's look at how the UN can respond more effectively to the challenges of the future in an age of globalization. Guido de Marco and Michael Bartolo, seasoned veterans of the United Nations, provide valuable policy recommendations involving a combination of political will, relevance, and efficiency in the coming years. Analysing the roles of major United Nations organs such as the General Assembly, the Trusteeship Council, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Security Council and the Secretariat, de Marco and Bartolo call for a more relevant and strengthened General Assembly as the truly representative organ of the United Nations, where all Member States of the Organization are permanent Members. They also call for a decentralization of United Nations activities, and for building stronger relationships with established regional entities and the Bretton Woods institutions. The proposals made here open up an important area of discussion beyond the confines of the United Nations as international policymakers seek peace and stability in the post-Cold War world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marco, Guido de

Bartolo, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Vereinte Nationen, UN Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION 1 MALTA'S ROLE IN THE UNITED NATIONS SINCE 1964 2 FROM THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 3 SURVEY OF PREVIOUS STUDIES, STRATEGIES AND REPORTS ON THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE UNITED NATIONS 4 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ITS MAIN ORGANS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT SITUATION 5 GUARANTEEING GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY:NEW ROLES FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE SECRETARIAT 6 THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL: A MALTA INITIATIVE WHOSE TIME HAS COME 7 ECOSOC AND THE BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS: NEW ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES 8 STREAMLINING BY ELIMINATING OVERLAPPING AND BY ENSURING BETTER COORDINATION 9 NATIONAL VERSUS GLOBAL PRIORITIES AND TARGETS 10 A GUARANTEE FOR PEACE IN FREEDOM

Über Autor(innen)

Guido de Marco has been the President of Malta since April 1999. During his political career, he served as Deputy Prim e Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta and was also Leader of the House of Representatives. In 1990, Professor de M arco was elected President of the 45th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Michael Bartolo is the Ambassador of Malta to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva and Vienna. In addition to serving as principal advisor to Professor de Marco, when he was President of the United Nations General Assembly, Dr Bartolo, who recently retired from the United Nations, worked for 26 years in the Secretariat of the United Nations in New York.