The UN Secretary-General and Secretariat

153 Pages·2010·0.69 MB·English

by  Leon Gordenker

The UN Secretary-General
and Secretariat
The newedition of this accessible introduction to the important role of
the United Nations Secretary-General continues to offer a keen insight
into the United Nations—the Secretariat and its head, the Secretary-
General, summing up the history, structure, strengths and weaknesses,
and continuing operations of an ever-present global institution.
Behind the public face of the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and
his predecessors, an active corps of officials and advisers face ceaseless
pressures and challenges. This clear and concise introduction examines
both the solid and substantive work of the UN’s permanent staff and
the role of the Secretary-General in policy development.
The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect:
(cid:1) theretirementofKofiAnnanandtheappointmentofBanKi-moon
as the new UN Secretary-General;
(cid:1) the withdrawal of John Bolton as permanent representative of the
United States and the consequent softening of his government’s
approach to the UN;
(cid:1) developments in the global economy and international security
dilemmas;
(cid:1) the change of administration in the United States.
Written by a recognized authority on the subject, this book con-
tinues to be the ideal interpretative introduction for students of the
UN, international organizations, and global governance.
Leon Gordenker is Emeritus Professorof Politics at Princeton University,
USA and Senior Visiting Research Professor at the Roosevelt Study
Center, Middelburg, the Netherlands. He is a long-time observerofinter-
nationalorganizationandhaswrittenextensivelyontheUnitedNations
and organized transnational relationships.
Routledge Global Institutions
Edited by Thomas G. Weiss
The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA
and Rorden Wilkinson
University of Manchester, UK
About the Series
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Thevolumescurrentlypublished include:
40 TheUNSecretary-General andSecretariat(2010)
Secondedition
byLeonGordenker (PrincetonUniversity)
39 Preventive HumanRightsStrategies(2010)
byBertrandG.Ramcharan(GenevaGraduateInstituteof International
andDevelopment Studies)
38 AfricanEconomicInstitutions(2010)
byKwame Akonor(Seton HallUniversity)
37 GlobalInstitutionsandtheHIV/AIDS Epidemic(2010)
Respondingtoaninternationalcrisis
byFranklynLisk(UniversityofWarwick)
36 RegionalSecurity(2010)
Thecapacityofinternationalorganizations
byRodrigo Tavares(United NationsUniversity)
35 TheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operation andDevelopment (2009)
byRichard Woodward(Universityof Hull)
34 TransnationalOrganizedCrime(2009)
byFrankMadsen (Universityof Cambridge)
33 TheUnitedNations andHumanRights (2009)
Aguide foranewera,secondedition
byJulieA.Mertus(AmericanUniversity)
32 TheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization (ISO) (2009)
Globalgovernancethroughvoluntaryconsensus
byCraigN.Murphy(WellesleyCollege)andJoAnneYates(Massachusetts
InstituteofTechnology)
31 ShapingtheHumanitarianWorld(2009)
byPeter Walker(TuftsUniversity)andDanielG.Maxwell (Tufts
University)
30 GlobalFoodandAgriculturalInstitutions(2009)
byJohnShaw
29 InstitutionsoftheGlobalSouth(2009)
byJacquelineAnneBraveboy-Wagner(CityCollegeofNewYork,CUNY)
28 InternationalJudicial Institutions(2009)
Thearchitectureofinternationaljusticeathomeandabroad
byRichardJ.Goldstone(RetiredJusticeoftheConstitutionalCourtofSouth
Africa)andAdamM.Smith(HarvardUniversity)
27 TheInternationalOlympicCommittee andtheOlympicSystem (2009)
Thegovernanceofworldsport
byJean-Loup Chappelet(IDHEAPSwissGraduateSchool ofPublic
Administration)andBrendaKübler-Mabbott
26 TheWorldHealthOrganization(2009)
byKelleyLee(LondonSchoolof HygieneandTropicalMedicine)
25 InternetGovernance (2009)
Thenewfrontierofglobalinstitutions
byJohnMathiason(SyracuseUniversity)
24 InstitutionsoftheAsia-Pacific(2009)
ASEAN,APEC,andbeyond
byMark Beeson(UniversityofBirmingham)
23 UNHCR(2008)
The politics and practice of refugee protection into the twenty-first
century
byGil Loescher(UniversityofOxford),AlexanderBetts(Universityof
Oxford),andJamesMilner(UniversityofToronto)
22 ContemporaryHumanRights Ideas(2008)
byBertrandG.Ramcharan(GenevaGraduateInstituteof Internationaland
Development Studies)
21 TheWorldBank(2008)
Fromreconstruction todevelopment toequity
byKatherine Marshall(GeorgetownUniversity)
20 TheEuropeanUnion(2008)
byCliveArcher(ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity)
19 TheAfricanUnion(2008)
Challenges ofglobalization, security,andgovernance
bySamuelM.Makinda(MurdochUniversity)andWafulaOkumu
(McMasterUniversity)
18 Commonwealth(2008)
Inter-andnon-statecontributions toglobalgovernance
byTimothy M.Shaw(RoyalRoadsUniversity)
17 TheWorldTradeOrganization(2007)
Law,economics,andpolitics
byBernardM.Hoekman(WorldBank)andPetrosC.Mavroidis
(ColumbiaUniversity)
16 ACrisisof GlobalInstitutions? (2007)
Multilateralismandinternational security
byEdwardNewman(Universityof Birmingham)
15 UNConferenceonTrade andDevelopment (2007)
byIanTaylor(UniversityofSt.Andrews)andKarenSmith(University
ofStellenbosch)
14 TheOrganizationforSecurityandCo-operation inEurope(2007)
byDavid J.Galbreath(UniversityofAberdeen)
13 TheInternationalCommittee oftheRedCross(2007)
Aneutralhumanitarianactor
byDavid P.Forsythe(UniversityofNebraska) and
BarbaraAnnRieffer-Flanagan (CentralWashington University)
12 TheWorldEconomicForum(2007)
Amulti-stakeholder approachtoglobalgovernance
byGeoffreyAllenPigman(BenningtonCollege)
11 TheGroupof 7/8(2007)
byHugoDobson(Universityof Sheffield)
10 TheInternationalMonetaryFund (2007)
Politics ofconditional lending
byJamesRaymondVreeland (GeorgetownUniversity)
9 TheNorthAtlantic Treaty Organization(2007)
Theenduring alliance
byJulianLindley-French(CenterforAppliedPolicy,UniversityofMunich)
8 TheWorldIntellectual PropertyOrganization(2006)
Resurgenceandthedevelopment agenda
byChris May(Universityof theWestof England)
7 TheUNSecurityCouncil(2006)
Practiceandpromise
byEdwardC.Luck (ColumbiaUniversity)
6 GlobalEnvironmentalInstitutions(2006)
byElizabethR.DeSombre(Wellesley College)
5 InternalDisplacement (2006)
Conceptualization andits consequences
byThomasG.Weiss(TheCUNYGraduateCenter)andDavidA.Korn
4 TheUNGeneralAssembly(2005)
byM.J.Peterson(UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst)
3 UnitedNations GlobalConferences(2005)
byMichaelG.Schechter(MichiganStateUniversity)
2 TheUNSecretary-General andSecretariat(2005)
byLeonGordenker (PrincetonUniversity)
1 TheUnitedNations andHumanRights (2005)
Aguide foranewera
byJulieA.Mertus(AmericanUniversity)
Bookscurrentlyundercontract include:
GoverningClimate Change
byHarrietBulkeley(DurhamUniversity)andPeter Newell(Universityof
EastAnglia)
Multilateral Counter-Terrorism
Theglobal politicsofcooperation andcontestation
byPeter Romaniuk(JohnJayCollegeofCriminal Justice,CUNY)
GlobalGovernance,Poverty andInequality
EditedbyJenniferClapp(UniversityofWaterloo)andRordenWilkinson
(UniversityofManchester)
TheInternationalLabourOrganization
bySteve Hughes(UniversityofNewcastle) andNigelHaworth
(UniversityofAuckland BusinessSchool)
GlobalPoverty
byDavid Hulme(UniversityofManchester)
TheRegionalDevelopment Banks
Lending witharegionalflavor
byJonathanR.Strand(Universityof Nevada)
Peacebuilding
Fromconcept tocommission
byRobert Jenkins(TheCUNYGraduateCenter)
Non-Governmental OrganizationsinGlobalPolitics
byPeter Willetts(CityUniversity, London)
HumanSecurity
byDon Hubert(Universityof Ottawa)
UNESCO
byJ.P. Singh(GeorgetownUniversity)
MillenniumDevelopment Goals(MDGs)
Forapeople-centereddevelopmentagenda?
bySakikoFukada-Parr(TheNewSchool)
UNICEF
byRichard Jolly(UniversityofSussex)
TheOrganizationofAmericanStates(OAS)
byMônicaHerz(InstitutodeRelaçõesInternacionais)
FIFA
byAlanTomlinson(UniversityofBrighton)
InternationalLaw,InternationalRelations,andGlobalGovernance
byCharlotte Ku(UniversityofIllinois,CollegeofLaw)
Humanitarianism Contested
byMichaelBarnett(Universityof Minnesota)andThomasG.Weiss
(TheCUNYGraduateCenter)
ForumonChina-AfricaCooperation(FOCAC)
byIanTaylor(UniversityofSt.Andrews)
TheBankforInternationalSettlements
Thepolitics ofglobalfinancialsupervision inthe ageofhighfinance
byKevinOzgercin(SUNY CollegeatOldWestbury)
InternationalMigration
byKhalidKoser(GenevaCentreforSecurityPolicy)
GlobalHealthGovernance
bySophie Harman(CityUniversity, London)
ThinkTanks
byJamesMcGann(UniversityofPennsylvania)andMaryJohnstoneLouis
(UniversityofOxford)
TheCouncilofEurope
byMartyn Bond(Universityof London)
TheUnitedNations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP)
byStephenBrowne(TheInternationalTradeCentre,Geneva)
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The UN Secretary-General
and Secretariat
Second edition
Leon Gordenker