A Better United Nations for the New Millennium:The United Nations System: How It Is Now and How It Should Be in the Future (Nijhoff Law Specials Volume 43) - Softcover

Kamil Idris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9041113444 ISBN 13: 9789041113443

Publisher: Springer, 2000

Synopsis

The former President of South Africa, H.E. Nelson Mandela, states in the Foreword that `the debate on the reform of the United Nations System must move beyond the cost- effectiveness and efficiency issues, to that of relevance'. The President of Malta, H.E. Guido de Marco, a former President of the General Assembly, in the Preface calls for a reform that requires `not merely tinkering with the institutional set-up of the Organization but rather a reorientation of the principles projected in the Charter so as to enable them to be applied to current realities'. The authors respond by giving a blueprint for a relevant United Nations, more in line with the Charter, emphasizing wider participation in its work, and the supremacy of its General Assembly.

This is followed by a vision of a United Nations, supported by an Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC), transformed into a Policy and Coordination Board (PCB), that would bring out the best in a United Nations System that would include, in addition to the Specialized Agencies, the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other global, regional and subregional organizations, which share the same objectives of peace, security, and fair and equitable development for all the peoples of the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Kamil Idris is director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). Michael Bartolo is the Ambassador of Malta to the United Nations and the coauthor, with Guido de Marco, of A Second Generation United Nations.

Review:

'[T]his study should be read by all policy-makers dealing directly and indirectly with UN affairs...[T]he theoretical and empirical analyses put forward make this book a must for students of international relations and anyone interested in achieving a better understanding of international organisations.'
The Sunday Times (of Malta), 2000.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 9041113444
• ISBN 13: 9789041113443
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260