Developing A Unified Un Country Team

WORLD BANK: governments play an important role in development, but there is no simple set of rules telling them what to do.

The goal of the United Nations, when formed was to “maintain international peace and security and commit to economic and social development. (Fomerand, Jacques)” As one

Thesis: The role of the United Nations has changed from being primarily an international peacekeeping force to primarily a humanitarian organization.

Thesis: The role of the United Nations has changed from being primarily an international peacekeeping force to primarily a humanitarian organization.

Even though, the original thought for the United Nations was to be a guarantee for the World’s peace, their role in today’s world seems to have changed. It is hard to believe that their founders had today’s United Nations on mind when discussed their creation sixty years ago.

In 2008, the Executive Director of UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, affirmed “there is indeed a spirit of reform in the air, to make the conventions fit for purpose and adapt them to the reality on the ground that is considerably different to the time they were drafted. With the multilateral machinery to adapt the conventions already available, all we need is: first, a renewed commitment to the principles of multilateralism and shared responsibility; second, a commitment to base our reform on empirical evidence and not ideology; and thirdly, to put in place concrete actions that support the above, going beyond mere rhetoric and pronouncement”. (UNODC, 2008)

The United Nations successfully ensure guaranteed safety through peacekeeping operations. In four continents, the UN implements 16 ongoing missions and inserts 100 troops and personals. (United Nations Foundation, n.d.) Although the peacekeeping missions do not perfectly accomplish their goals, they are making a constructive progress as praised in 2000 report. (Nossel, 2005) Thanks to their activity, a plenty of international organizations, NGOs and NPOs can intervene problematic areas much easier than without the UN.One of the successful operations taken place in Liberia embodies the UN’s capability to conduct peacekeeping activity.Due to an exertion of UNMIL, cooperative institutions were able to carry out their actions such as restoration of fundamental security throughout Liberia; UNMIL contributed to reduction of weapon among combats.

As I have gained a strong foundational understanding of concepts and ideas apart of international relations such as human rights, peace and conflict resolution, foreign policy, development and humanitarian action, the UNSS program will allow me to take what I have learned thus far and apply it to the UN and to international crisis’s happening in the world today. The class will assist me in developing a skill set necessary to pursue a career in international affairs, specifically by providing scholarly and practitioner training. In times where people question the abilities of the UN, I believe more than ever that it’s organizations like the UN that are needed, especially in today’s world, to maintain international peace, cooperation, and development. The opportunity to learn and better understand every aspect of the UN will allow me to not only reinforce my understanding of international crisis’s past and present but also develop the analytical skills necessary for my future endeavors in international

The UN document’s main focus was about social justice. “Social Justice is [the] foundation for national stability and global prosperity” (United Nations, 2011, para. 2). Highlighted the needs of basic security, equal opportunity for men and women, access to public services, and decent employment opportunities. Maximizing potentials of people that are unemployed will prevent them from living in poverty and being left behind if economies grow further.

The UNs Global Compact was originally an approach by the UN in 2000. The strategy was founded in order to function as a podium for the execution and disclosure of including responsible businesses to the purpose of enhanced global development. The UNGC was planned to carry the international community and the businesses of the world collectively. The corporation between business, governments, civil society, labor and the UN has resulted in hopes to address landmarks for development, such as building markets, protecting the environment, struggle against corruption and guaranteeing social inclusion. The UNGC is established on ten principles that cover the parts of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. Now, there are almost 8,000 corporate contributors from over 140 countries worldwide. The UNGC is now the world’s principal voluntary initiative for corporate sustainability (UNGC, 2014:1). The ten principles of the UNGC

This essay, indicates the importance of unified trilateral efforts and collaborative multilateral cooperation between the US, China and the UN. These world powers have thriven through socio-economic decline to expand their economy, joined forces to propagate the global economic growth and strength. It further describes the beneficial relationship of the US and China to international society by their constructive roles and responsibilities. The essay also highlights the different

In recent years, development focuses have shifted from leaving the power in the hands of multilateral organizations to distributing the power to a range of actors. The idea that the government has the ultimate knowledge and power an out-dated (CCIC, 1). Partnerships and participation refer to the stakeholders in decision-making for projects and development and how they interact. These strategies ensure that every one has a voice in decision-making and the project is being implemented in a fair way. These strategies include all of the international development agents; NGOs, CSOs, governmental institutions, working in partnerships for international development.

The last class session in New York City focused on the work of selected departments in the UN Secretariat. Susana Malcorra (Chief of Staff), Farhan Haq (Deputy Spokesman), and Steven Siqueira (Senior Advisor at DPA) delivered enlightening lectures. However, the most revealing was Mr. Siqueira’s discussion. He toured the class through the changes in the UN to its current state. He first described the transformation in the UN from 1992 to 2012 and categorized these changes into five waves. He closed with lessons learned and the road ahead.

“ Here is a task truly of, by and for the world, one that should rally nations. The nature of this task however, must be clearly understood; only then can suitable means for accomplishing it be formulated, only then can the role that the United Nations could and should play be appreciated” ( Wilcox/Haviland, 29). There are many international organizations that have been talked about throughout this semester. One of the most important ones is The United Nations. The United Nations was established October 24, 1945, and has since then been impacting the country. The United Nations main purpose according to the lecture notes is “ to provide a global additional structure through which states can sometimes settle conflicts with less reliance on the use of force , for whole purpose of the United Nations is to provide the globe a forum by which countries may settle disputes through this forum peacefully as opposed to relying on a force which has been the case historically” ( Kopalyan, Module 8). Thus meaning The United Nations was set up to handle problems peacefully rather than going to war to try and solve problems. “Powerful economic as well as political forces are at work to bring about a growing integration of the world community, and the United Nations and its related agencies are uniquely fitted to assist in the task” (Wilcox/Haviland,45). This was some of the reason that the United Nations was created.

The UN has served as the key forum where Member States and experts have developed universal norms and standards in conventions, declarations, regulatory frameworks, agreements, guidelines, codes of practice and other standard setting instruments, at national and regional levels. The UN’s normative work in Afghanistan operates at three categories: a) support in the development of norms and standards; b) support in integrating norms and standards into legislation, policies and development plans; and c) support in implementing legislation, policies and development plans based on the international norms, standards and conventions. On the one hand, the UN’s normative work acts as a foundation for the work of all