Chadwick F. Alger

What does the future hold for the UN? In this book, twenty-two scholars from all continents cover prevention of violence, creating economic and social structures that sustain human fulfilment, sharing and protecting the commons, and peace education. They offer sixty-six recommendations for new institutions and programs on issues that include controlling weapons, humanitarian intervention, human rights, economic policies, advancement of women, refugees, ecological security, communications, and peace education. Most of the recommendations do not require amendments to the UN Charter or to the treaties establishing the UN Specialized Agencies. Instead, their implementation would require creative efforts of Member States, secretariats, NGOs, and dedicated individuals that are pointed toward attainment of multilateral capacity for coping with an array of global problems that increasingly threaten the quality of human life.

Potential for the Twenty-first Century

The Future of the United Nations System

Joel David Singer

Insights and Evidence

Quantitative International Politics

Gene M. Lyons

John E. Trent

The essays in this volume provide a comparative study of national policies towards the United Nations. Eight cases have been selected: Algeria, Canada, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Each case study details a government's historical position on the United Nations, its past, present, and possible future expectations of the organization, and UN-related issues of special interest and the circumstances behind them.

The Policies of Member States

The United Nations System

A Reference Handbook

Chadwick F. Alger

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