Irrelevant or Indispensable?: The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century (Studies in International Governance)

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“In the daunting but essential struggle to transform the United Nations
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Former Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN
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senior diplomats and UN officials with outside observers, experts
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and insights of these well-placed individuals but also the differing per-
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the world focuses on how to recapacitate the UN for the global age.”
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The Brookings Institution
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IRRELEVANT or INDISPENSABLE?
the united nations in the
twenty-first century
Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff, editors
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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our pub-
lishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of
Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our
publishing activities. We acknowledge the financial support of the Centre for
International Governance Innovation.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Irrelevant or indispensable? : the United Nations in the
twenty-first century / Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff, editors.
Papers from a conference titled The UN: adapting to the 21st century,
held April 4, 2005, in Waterloo, Ont.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-88920-493-4
1.United Nations—Congresses. 2.Security, International—Congresses
3.Economic development—Congresses. I.Heinbecker, Paul, 1941–
II.Goff, Patricia M.
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This book is dedicated to those whose security, prosperity,
and dignity depend on a strong United Nations.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
List of Acronyms xi
1 Introduction 1
Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff
from ideas to action
2 The United Nations: Adapting to the Twenty-first Century 9
Louise Fréchette
3 The Millennium Project: From Words to Action 19
Jeffrey Sachs
4 UN Reform and the High-level Panel Report on Threats,
Challenges, and Change 25
Lord David Hannay
5 Implementing the Secretary General’s Report,
“In Larger Freedom” 33
Bruce Jones
freedom from want
6 The Monterrey Consensus: Developing the
Policy Innovations 43
Nitin Desai
7 Ensuring Adequate Resources to Meet the Millennium
Development Goals 63
John W. McArthur
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freedom from fear
8 WMD and Terrorism: Can the UN Help to Keep the Genie
in the Bottle? 79
Jayantha Dhanapala
9 Legal and Legitimate Use of Force under the UN Charter:
A Critical Analysis of the Report of the High-level Panel 89
Tom Farer
10 Small Arms, Big Killers 105
Keith Krause
living in dignity
11 Freedom from Fear: Effective, Efficient, and
Equitable Security 115
Ramesh Thakur
12 The UN Reform Agenda and Human Rights 131
Kenneth Roth
institutional innovation
13 The UN Security Council: Reform or Enlarge? 143
Edward C. Luck
14 Working Better Together: Implementing the High-level
Panel’s Recommendations on Peacebuilding 153
Shepard Forman
mobilizing action
15 Making the Case for Change 169
Lloyd Axworthy
16 Managing the Reform Agenda: A Call for Timely Action 177
Jean Ping
conclusion
17 The Way Forward 183
Paul Heinbecker
Notes on Contributors 189
Appendix: Conference Agenda 193
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In March of 2005, the Secretary General released his report on UN
reform, In Larger Freedom. The leaders’ summit, where he hopes mem-
ber states will endorse his reform package, is scheduled to take place
in September of 2005. For the proceedings of our April 2005 UN reform
conference to have any impact on the debate in the ensuing months,
we had to perform a feat of publishing magic that was only made pos-
sible by the very hard work of several people.
At the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), we
would like to express our thanks to Jim Balsillie, Chairman of the
Board. The Centre owes its existence to his vision and philanthropy.
We would also like to recognize Michael Barnstijn and Louise MacCal-
lum for their great generosity and their particular interest in UN gov-
ernance work. John English, Executive Director of CIGI, was steadfast
in his support. Sandy Rung and Caroline Khoubesserian were instru-
mental in the preparation of this manuscript.
At the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS),
special thanks are owed to Alistair Edgar and John Allison. David
Docherty at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) deserves special credit
for encouraging the book very early on. Of course, there would be no
book had there not been a conference, and we are very grateful to all
the members of the CIGI, ACUNS, and WLU teams, too numerous to
mention here, who worked so hard to make the conference a success.
We are also indebted to all who attended the conference for their enthu-
siastic participation.
Wilfrid Laurier University Press registered their support for this
project by the speed with which they brought it to press. We are espe-
cially grateful to Brian Henderson, Leslie Macredie, Carroll Klein,
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