New Millennium, New Perspectives

by Thakur, Ramesh; Newman, Edward; United Nations University

• ISBN13: 9789280810547
• ISBN10: 9280810545
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: United Nations Univ

Summary

This publication contains papers that were presented at the United Nation University Millennium Conference held in Tokyo19-21 January 2000. The papers take stock of key international trends for peace, the environment, and development and governance, while considering their implications for the United Nations in the 21st Century. The implications and the recommendations arose from the following issues: the impact of globalisation; key challenges in the short and medium terms; the manner in which national governments and the international community might more broadly address the challenges; the comparative advantage the UN has, or could have, in working with the international community in addressing the challenges; the potential for partnerships among states, international organisations, commercial organisations and civil society in collectively addressing these challenges; and the element of 'surprise' or unpredictability and potential critical developments. The United Nations University has the mandate to link the worlds of scholarship and policy making. The aim of this volume is to contribute to this objective.

Table of Contents

Tables and figures	vii
Introduction	1	(6)
Ramesh Thakur
Security and governance in the new millennium: Observations and syntheses	7	(14)
Edward Newman
Security
The Security Council in the 1990s: Inconsistent, improvisational, indispensable?	21	(25)
David M. Malone
Intervention: Trends and challenges	46	(31)
Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
Trends in military expenditure and arms transfers	77	(31)
Elisabeth Skons
``Alliances'' and regional security developments: The role of regional arrangements in the United Nations' promotion of peace and stability	108	(23)
Brian Job
Weapons of mass destruction	131	(19)
Trevor Findlay
``New'' and ``non-traditional'' security challenges	150	(13)
Paul Stares
Governance
Recasting global governance	163	(19)
Samuel Makinda
Democracy and regression	182	(23)
Sakuntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham
Civil society and global governance	205	(15)
Michael Edwards
The United Nations and human rights	220	(22)
David Forsythe
Gender and international society: Law and policy	242	(19)
Christine Chinkin
Decentralized goverance for human development	261	(35)
G. Shabbir Cheema
Mounir Tabet
Governing global public goods in a multi-actor world: The role of the United Nations	296	(21)
Inge Kaul
Contributors	317	(2)
Index	319