Review: International: The United Nations in International Politics

1973 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-791
Author(s):  
Mark W. Zacher
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
The United Nations

Redefining the Issues: NGO Influence on International Forest Negotiations

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
International Forest Policy ◽  
Environmental Challenge

How successful have nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) been in influencing international forest policy? Specifically, how effective have they been at altering the texts of international forest policy declarations and agreements? This paper studies NGO efforts to influence international forest policy from the mid-1980s, when deforestation first emerged as an international environmental challenge, to 2001 when the United Nations Forum on Forests was created. This paper demonstrates that, in the short term, NGOs are more effective when they: 1. involve themselves in the early stages of negotiations, 2. suggest substantive and procedural ideas that are already well-known in fora outside forest politics, and 3. align their suggestions with the prevailing neoliberal discourse of international politics. The paper suggests that such conditions can be rather limited and thus speculates about NGO efforts within a longer time frame.

The United Nations and International Politics

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Charles F. Howlett ◽  
Stephen Ryan
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
The United Nations

The United States, The United Nations and Bi-Polar Politics

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward H. Buehrig
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Actual Effect ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Natural Expression

The United Nations cannot be expected to abolish the balancing process, which is the natural expression of the struggle for advantage and influence in international politics. It does, however, endeavor to modify the process. What are the methods which it employs? What actual effect have they had in promoting security? Above all, what relevance do they have for the conduct of American foreign policy?

From the Covenant to the Charter

1973 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-122
Author(s):  
R.A. Akindele
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
World Peace ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Simultaneous Application ◽  
Dynamic Forces ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations Charter

The simultaneous application of the principles of universality and regionalism to the organization of international peace and security has naturally created the political and constitutional problems of how to secure a workable and appropriate relationship between universal and regional organizations. It is a paradox of the twentieth century that while world peace like war has tended to become indivisible, international organization of security remains tied to the principle of division and imperfect coordination of responsibility between universal and regional instrumentalities.This article deals with the constitutional solutions adopted by the founders of the League of Nations and the United Nations to the problem of universal-regional relationship in international organization. Placing international constitution-making squarely within the context of the dynamic forces of international politics, the study identifies those political considerations bearing on the formulation of the constitutional relations between universal and regional organizations in both the League Covenant and the United Nations Charter. In addition, it emphasizes the important fact that the constitutional problems of international organization are inextricably related to the substantive problems of international politics.

1966 Prize Award Essay The Secretary–General and the United Nations’ Function of Peaceful Settlement

1966 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 724-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Zacher
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
Peaceful Settlement ◽  
Prize Award ◽  
Peacekeeping Forces ◽  
The United Nations

During the first twenty years of the United Nations' existence the patterns of its activities changed significantly. One of the most important changes took place in the practices of the Secretary-General. While the most noticeable development was his assumption of the position of executive agent for peacekeeping forces, a less noticeable but equally important one occurred in his activities as an agent of peaceful settlement. The importance of the latter change was that not only did a single official of the United Nations assume new functions and become instrumental in the settlement of a number of international conflicts, but the Organization as a body gained a more influential role in international politics.

scholarly journals THE UN AT SIXTY THREE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF REFORMING A VETERAN

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneek Chatterjee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
International Politics ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Power Calculations ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Consensus ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Cold War

The United Nations Organization has completed more than sixty-three years of existence. In these six decades, the world has moved far ahead, and power calculations have changed. The days of bi-polarity ended with the demise of the Cold War. International politics, though unipolar in nature at present, is showing tendencies of multi polarity. Globalization has introduced a new economy of free trade in the world. In this altered international political and economic milieu, demands for restructuring the United Nations, which is guided by an old, mostly outdated charter, have been gaining ground, particularly after the end of the Cold War. But reforming the United Nations would not be very easy, because amending the Charter is extremely difficult, and requires political consensus among members, which is not easily achievable. However, minor reforms that do not require the amendment of the Charter may be introduced to make the United Nations more adept to face today's challenges. The present paper analyzes the problems and prospects of the reform proposals, and shows that there is a gap between the hope and the reality.

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