The United Nations System: Prospects for Institutional Renewal

Richard A. Falk

No wp-2000-189, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper assesses the institutional constraints on the effectiveness of the United Nations over the course of its existence, especially in relation to its central mission to promote international peace and security. Only passing attention is accorded to the Bretton Woods institutions. The paper considers these constraints both in relation to the global setting during the cold war, and in the decade since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It also suggests the limitations that derive from the state-centric orientations of most governmental elites, especially those associated with leading states.

Keywords: Conflict management; Economic development; Financial institutions; International; International agencies; War (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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