Security Council Reform: A Debate of Legalities and Political Realities
Anne Dehollain and Hyunmin Kang take opposite standpoints on the question of Security Council reform, having been asked to argue for or against, giving due consideration to the legal and political issues at hand.
Remarks on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
Brazil, the U.N. and multilateralism
In this keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of University for Peace Model United Nations Conference, Ambassador Tadeu Valadares discusses the pressing issues of UN reform, globalization, poverty, and human rights, emphasizing the need for stronger collaboration and multilateralism in the international system in order to promote peace and sustainable development.
Corporative Governance: United Nations Peace Mission for Congo (MONUC) and the Forces Armée de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC)
Mukenge assesses the corporative governance relationship between UN peacekeeping forces and the DRC’s national armed forces, providing an analysis of challenges, successes and failures, pointing to the corruption and inherent inefficiences of UN peacekeeping operations.
Is Every Child a Child?
Jerry M’bartee Locula discusses the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), raising questions about its universality, its practical implementation, the role of judicial proceedings in determining a child’s “best interest”, and ultimately posing the question of who is a child.
Remarks to the General Assembly on Libya
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the United Nations General Assembly regarding the repression of protests in Libya, 01 March 2011.
Testing Veto Power before the UN General Assembly: Mahmoud Abbas and International Law Perspectives on Palestinian Statehood
Kichere Mwita draws on theories of statehood in international law to analyze the recent bid presented by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestine Liberation Organization, for full membership of the State of Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly.
Corruption: ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Symptom of a Diseased Neoliberal World Order
In critique of the corruption-causes-poverty narrative, Tara Ruttenberg exposes the international community’s misguided attempts to combat poverty and inequality through the unfruitful anti-corruption policy agenda currently championed by leading development agencies.
Is Global Media Setting the Agenda for UN Peace Keeping Operations: Revisiting the UNOSOM Debacle
Is Global Media Setting the Agenda for UN Peace Keeping Operations: Revisiting the UNOSOM Debacle Author: Dominic Pkalya Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 11/30/2006 The United Nations Peace Keeping Operations have received ambivalent reactions. Many have welcomed it as a necessary precondition and process for not only mediating in a nascent […]
The Bunga Bunga of the Security Council
Fausto Aarya De Santis gives an overview of the long-standing debate about security council reform, and asks the key question: can it really be changed at all? And if it can, what would an expanded, representative security council look like?