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John E. Trent. A United Nations Renaissance
John Trent/Laura Schnurr. A United Nations Renaissance
Table of Contents
[9] List of Illustrations
[11] List of Abbreviations
[13] Introduction
Achieving the unthinkable
[15] The global governance deficit
The United Nations’ balance sheet
Empowering youth
[21] Objectives of the primer
[22] Chapter 1 – Evolving International Organizations: the UN Past and Present
Early international cooperation efforts
[23] The Concert of Europe
[26] A note on the creation of the League of Nations
The League of Nations as an institution
From the League of Nations to the United Nations
Introducing the United Nations
The principal organs of the United Nations. The Security Council
The General Assembly
The Economic and Social Council
Trusteeship Council
The International Court of Justice
The Secretariat
Beyond the organs. The Secretary-General
UN budgets
The UN System
International financial institutions and other international actors
[56] Chapter 2 – Peace and Security: Fixing the Security Council
[58] The Security Council’s functions and activities. Security Council strengths
Security Council weaknesses
The UN’s peace operations
The Security Council and the future
[71] Chapter 3 – Social and Economic Development. Understanding ‘development’
The first 50 years. Development in the early years
Expanding development efforts
The North-South divide
Millennium Development Goals
Tallying up the results
Sustainable Development Goals. A changed world
More voices at the table
[81] Financing the goals
[82] Looking ahead
Partnering in a new era of development cooperation
Role for private sector
Role for civil society
[88] Innovation and technology
What role for the UN?
Is the UN prepared?
Streamlining the UN development system and ‘Delivering as One’
[94] Improving business practices
Focusing on strengths and priorities
ECOSOC reform
Is reform possible?
[98] Chapter 4 – Promoting and Protecting Human Rights. Human rights: one of the UN’s great ideas that too many countries fail to respect. The fundamental paradox
International human rights law
Contradictory interpretations
The tremendous cost of violations
[105] The United Nations’ Record in Upholding Human Rights
From the Commission on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council
The Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Dealing with the worst violations: the International Criminal Court and ad hoc tribunals
[114] Responsibility to Protect and human security
Migration, refugees and the humanitarian response
[120] What next? Reforms: big and small
[122] Can change happen?
[124] Chapter 5 – Workable Global Institutions: How to Get from Here to There?
What we have learnt about understanding world institutions
Reviewing the literature on revamping the UN
Nine popular proposals to transform the UN
1. A more legitimate Security Council
[133] 2. A more balanced and focused General Assembly
[134] 3. An Economic, Social and Environmental Council
4. A reconfigured Human Rights Council
5. Improved staffing and management practices
6. Autonomous emergency services for the UN
7. Financing the UN
8. Principles and criteria for the Responsibility to Protect
9. The dispersion and control of global power
Sequencing reform proposals: where to start
Four steps toward the renaissance of the United Nations
[153] Bibliography
[161] Index
