Suffering from a divided membership, the United Nations is at a crossroads, unable to assure human or national security. The UN has been criticized 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 galvanize 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. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation
Author(s): Paul Heinbecker, Patricia Goff
Edition: 1ST
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 209
Contents......Page 8
List of Acronyms......Page 12
1: Introduction......Page 14
From Ideas to Action......Page 20
2: The United Nations: Adapting to the Twenty-First Century......Page 22
3: The Millennium Project: From Words to Action......Page 32
4: UN Reform and the High-Level Panel Report on Threats, Challenges, and Change......Page 38
5: Implementing the Secretary General's Report, "In Larger Freedom"......Page 46
Freedom from Want......Page 54
6: The Monterrey Consensus: Developing the Policy Innovations......Page 56
7: Ensuring Adequate Resources to Meet the Millennium Development Goals......Page 76
Freedom from Fear......Page 90
8: WMD and Terrorism: Can the UN Help to Keep the Genie in the Bottle?......Page 92
9: Legal and Legitimate Use of Force under the UN Charter: A Critical Analysis of the Report of the High-Level Panel......Page 102
10: Small Arms, Big Killers......Page 118
Living in Dignity......Page 126
11: Freedom from Fear: Effective, Efficient, and Equitable Security......Page 128
12: The UN Reform Agenda and Human Rights......Page 144
Institutional Innovation......Page 154
13: The UN Security Council: Reform or Enlarge?......Page 156
14: Working Better Together: Implementing the High-Level Panel's Recommendations on Peacebuilding......Page 166
Mobilizing Action......Page 180
15: Making the Case for Change......Page 182
16: Managing the Reform Agenda: A Call for Timely Action......Page 190
Conclusion......Page 194
17: The Way Forward......Page 196
Notes on Contributors......Page 202
Appendix: Conference Agenda......Page 206
