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Transforming the United Nations system, designs for a workable world, Joseph E. Schwartzberg

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Transforming the United Nations system

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Joseph E. Schwartzberg

designs for a workable world

Global problems require global solutions. However, the United Nations, as presently constituted, is incapable of addressing many global problems effectively. One nation-one vote decision-making in most UN agencies fails to reflect the distribution of power in the world at large, while the allocation of power in the Security Council is both unfair and anachronistic. Hence, nations are reluctant to endow the UN with the authority and the resources it needs. Extensive reform is essential. This book is rooted in the proposition that the design of decision-making systems greatly affects their legitimacy and effectiveness. It proposes numerous systemic improvements, largely through weighted voting formulae that balance the needs of shareholders and stakeholders in diverse UN agencies

Machine generated contents note: Objectives / Ramesh Thakur -- Questions of perspective / Ramesh Thakur -- Organization of the book / Ramesh Thakur -- The growing need for voting reform / Ramesh Thakur -- A realistic basis for weighted voting / Ramesh Thakur -- A weighted voting system / Ramesh Thakur -- A legislative concomitant of the proposed system of weighted voting / Ramesh Thakur -- Benefits of a change to weighted voting / Ramesh Thakur -- Adapting to future changes / Ramesh Thakur -- Stage one: An advisory body with MWPs chosen by national governments / Ramesh Thakur -- Transitional arrangements / Ramesh Thakur -- Stage two: A popularly elected WPA with increasing legislative competence / Ramesh Thakur -- Stage three: Institutionalizing worldwide electoral fields and the one-person-one-vote principle / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- Declining representativeness of the present system / Ramesh Thakur -- Additional shortcomings of the present system and of leading reform proposals / Ramesh Thakur -- Universal weighted regional representation / Ramesh Thakur -- Eliminating the veto / Ramesh Thakur -- Summary and conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- How ECOSOC functions / Ramesh Thakur -- Representativeness of ECOSOC / Ramesh Thakur -- A proposed new structure / Ramesh Thakur -- The role of regional caucuses / Ramesh Thakur -- Summary and conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- The UN record to date / Ramesh Thakur -- A strengthened Human Rights Council / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusion / Ramesh Thakur -- The record to date / Ramesh Thakur -- Recommendations / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusion / Ramesh Thakur -- The expansion of global agencies and funds / Ramesh Thakur -- Rationalization and coordination agencies / Ramesh Thakur -- Devising appropriate weighting formulae / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusion / Ramesh Thakur -- A review of past practices and reforms / Ramesh Thakur -- Suggested reforms / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- Non-governmental organizations / Ramesh Thakur -- Voices for all / Ramesh Thakur -- The private commercial sector / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- Budgetary practices / Ramesh Thakur -- Alternative sources of funding / Ramesh Thakur -- A proposed new system / Ramesh Thakur -- Summary and conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- The pacific settlement of disputes / Ramesh Thakur -- Peacekeeping and peacebuilding: The record to date / Ramesh Thakur -- Attempts at reform of the existing system / Ramesh Thakur -- A standing UN Peace Corps / Ramesh Thakur -- A UN Administrative Reserve Corps / Ramesh Thakur -- A UN Administrative Academy / Ramesh Thakur -- Arms control and disarmament / Ramesh Thakur -- Terrorism / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- Economic and environmental sustainability: The record to date / Ramesh Thakur -- The global commons / Ramesh Thakur -- Recommendations / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusions / Ramesh Thakur -- A new architecture for global governance / Ramesh Thakur -- A plural executive / Ramesh Thakur -- Linkages from global to regional and lower levels / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusion / Ramesh Thakur -- Improving the domestic climate for change / Ramesh Thakur -- Global education and the promotion of a cosmopolitan ethos / Ramesh Thakur -- Establishing effective civil society networks / Ramesh Thakur -- Effecting catalytic changes in the UN system / Ramesh Thakur -- Forging strategic alliances / Ramesh Thakur -- Conclusion / Ramesh Thakur