Reforming the United Nations
Reforming the United Nations

Author: Joachim Mueller

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9004242228

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The UN celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2015. In the Volume Reforming the UN: A Chronology by Joachim Müller an exciting story is told describing the evolution of the UN through the main change initiatives applied by each Secretary-General, characterized by political confrontations, crises of confidence and organizational constraints. Initiatives included approving the Sustainable Development Goals, strengthening peacekeeping, enlarging the Security Council, establishing mechanisms to protect human rights, improving aid efficiency, and reforming management practices. This story is completed by a Chronology of Reform Events to enhance the transparency of parallel, multi-layer reform tracks. Lessons learned highlight the main drivers of changes, the interests and constraints, and the dynamics of the reform process: valuable insight for capitalizing on future change opportunities.

Reforming the United Nations
Reforming the United Nations

Author: Joachim Müller

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-04-06

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 9004184880

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What are the limits of UN system reform? Recent efforts in governance and institutional reform demonstrate that the hurdles are tremendous. The never-ending Security Council reform resulted in disappointment for hopeful governments. The system-wide coherence initiatives covering environment, gender, and ‘Delivering as One’ at country level provide a sobering picture. Inter-agency coordination on climate change, food security, and the global financial crisis did not result in joint programmes. Instead, new entities have diminished the role of the UN which operates on the OECD principles of ‘aid effectiveness.’ Consolidation and merging of UN mandates and structures appear to be a precondition for coherent and efficient action: A conclusion which dominates this edition of the publication series on ‘Reforming the United Nations’.

The United Nations and Security Sector Reform
The United Nations and Security Sector Reform

Author: Adedeji Ebo

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 3643803117

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Multilateral organizations - the United Nations (UN) in particular - have played, and continue to play, an important role in shaping the security sector reform (SSR) agenda, both in terms of policy development and the provision of support to a wide range of national SSR processes. This volume presents a variety of perspectives on UN support to SSR, past and present, with attention to policy and operational practice. Drawing from the experience of UN practitioners combined with external experts on SSR, this volume offers an in-depth exploration of the UN approach to SSR from a global perspective.

Reforming International Environmental Governance
Reforming International Environmental Governance

Author: W. Bradnee Chambers

Publisher: United Nations University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9280811118

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The World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 underscored the need to reform the current institutional framework for environmental governance. Chambers and Green, both affiliated with the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies in Japan, gather contributors to take up the question left unanswered at Johannesbur

Reforming the UN Security Council Membership
Reforming the UN Security Council Membership

Author: Sabine Hassler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0415505909

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This book places the discussion on reform of the Security Council membership in the context of its primary responsibility at the helm of the UN collective security system.