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Role Of United
Nations In Global
Governance
Authored by- 1 Prachi Oza,
BA. LL.B. (Hons.),
LL.M
(Constitutional and Administrative Law).
Abstract
Internal, local or national
governance of countries is done by their respective governments and organisations which operate within and
for the territories of such countries. When it comes to the matters, issues or relations
between different countries, it is international law and international organisations that do this
job of governance. The most prominent international organisation in the world has been the “United Nations or UN”. “The United Nations is an intergovernmental organisation which aims
to maintain international peace and security,
encourage and build harmonious relations
among countries of the world and achieve
international cooperation”, all of which, are promising solutions to
international problems. This action plan is a part of what we call global governance. Global governance or administration comprises
of all goals and acts that go beyond national
boundaries and the same is aimed to be reached at, through
facilitation and coordination of transnational actors, both state as well as non-state
ones and achieve
economic and moral
incentives for all. The process
of global governance and its goals are different from those of local or
national administration, and so is
their work and enforceability. In the present-day globalising world,
international organisations (here,
the UN) have come about to play an interestingly important role in the administration of world affairs. However,
is that what is promised, actually delivered, is the question that needs
to be asked and ascertained. Hence, the present research is undertaken.
KEY WORDS
Accountability, Administration, Global Governance, International Cooperation, United Nations.
Introduction
1. No country can operate in absolute solitude
and with the onset of rapid civilisations and lately, the
phenomenon called globalisation, it
has become all the more pertinent for countries
to come together and function as well as coexist in harmony. Unlike olden times, nations now are integrating at a
very rapid pace, and whether they like it or not, they must converge in their functions and activities to enjoy
shared benefits. It is now believed that no nation
can survive, let alone prosper
in seclusion or isolation. The need for this consolidation of not just
cultures, but also laws, rules and organisations trans- nations has been felt since quite some time now. But governance
at such a global stage/level could
not possibly be done by a single nation or just a few nations coming together – participation of majority of
nations was necessary so as to facilitate global governance. This is where international organisations like the United Nations
come into the picture. With almost all countries
being its members and having dedicated organs
for all international issues of common interest to all, the United
Nations stands as the single-most
powerful and wide-reaching international organs of all time – despite its numerous failures, it still stands as the
one institution, upon which hopes can and still are, being pinned for the achievement of global goals. However,
the questions today lies – whether the UN is living up to its vision and mission, and given the current global
crises on so many different levels, how far should the UN be held accountable?
This paper, therefore, is going to
try to help us understand the meaning and importance of global governance/administration, to study briefly about the
history, goals and aims of the
United Nations, to analyse the working of the United Nations (how it carries
out global administration and governance) and its failures
and achievements over the years and
to ascertain the effects of such governance on various nations of the world, especially third world countries.
Literature Review
The first paper titles “Globalisation Rules: Accountability, Power and the Prospects of Global Administrative Law” by Simon Chesterman talks about the concepts of administration, linking it to global administration and the need for the same. It goes on to speak about
the necessity as well as the ills of equality and relates the concept to that
from the very famous “Animal Farm”
by George Orwell.
It speaks about
the deficits in accountability on part of major nations and international
organisations, which is relevant as well as useful for the current study.
In another paper – “A
New World Order? The Role of United Nations in the International System” by Noel Dorr, the author specifically talks about the United Nations as an international body whose role in the making and maintaining of a new world order is very important
and the paper highlights ways in which its flaws can be erased and suggests
ways and means through which the
organisation’s hold and effectiveness can be strengthened. A Democratic Rule of International Law by Steven Wheatley
speaks about examining
the ways in which people should perceive, try to
understand and thereafter deal with the democratic deficit that occurs as a result of global governance
(specifically in the post-Westphalian political settlement). It helps the current study in the way that it gives a whole new perspective to the aspect of global governance and international administration by evaluating the possibilities
of applying the ideas or standards of democratic principles and legitimacy to various systems of law. Challenges to the United Nations in the New
World Order by Chandrakant Yatnoor; In this article, the author speaks about how the United Nations
gets overburdened with all the problems of the world, and the responsibility it shoulders is not easy to
fulfil since the problems and their nature keep changing from time to time. It
lays emphasis on the member states
to help themselves with the push that the UN gives them and not to completely pin all the responsibility on the UN. This article
is in a way biased
towards the UN since
it states that the member states should take action and it is their (political)
will which is the ultimate deciding
factor. In another article by Bruce W.
Jentleson, the author explains America’s
approach and role in the UN under Donald Trump, his policies which are not so ideal. It explains how one of the
strongest nations not just in the United Nations but in the world,
has its policies
in the international sphere which do not fall in consonance with the ideals
of the UN policies and how the UN can and must make internal reforms. Horizontal Review between International Organisations: Why, How and Who Cares about Corporate
Regulatory Capture by Abigail
C Deshman - This article talks about the much-needed question with relation to international law and administration-
the internal functioning or working of such organisations and the pressing
need for accountability and transparency in the same. It is helpful to the present study as
it covers certain areas of the theme revolving around the accountability in global governance which help the
research scholar further the same. in International Organisations and the Frankenstein Problem,
Andrew Guzman has wonderfully
articulated piece of writing, and explains why the need for creating
international organisations was felt in the first place and the resultant
creation of the same, has turned out to be what in terms of what was expected and
what is being delivered by such IOs. It explains very well the types of activities that these organisations can
take, their say in
international issues and their role in forming
and framing international law and the extent to which they can influence it. The major instrumentality of this article
lies in the part where it speaks
about how not nearly enough pressure is being
placed on such IOs – which is also what the current study wishes to explore further. Another paper
by Jost Delbruck talks about how the United Nations has worked beyond what it was originally made for and its
evolution also has been discussed. It
talks about how the UN has played an important role in globalisation and
dealing with the problems that come
with it. However, it is a very old article whose relevance is now non- existent and therefore, it only helps us
understand the author’s viewpoint and facts which existed decades back,
which can help in understanding evolution and drawing
comparisons. A paper titled The United Nations by Peter
Nadin speaks about the ongoing instability at the international as well as national levels in the world and
related it to the role of the United Nations
in the same. From terrorism to climate change, the problems at the global level
are serious and varied in nature.
This article examines the successes and failures of the United Nations in doing its job – global
administration and governance in order to maintain peace, security and health. It is a recent study
which helps the current study too. In The
Concept of “Law” in Global
Administrative Law by Benedict
Kingsbury explains all about the concept
of law and the concept of Global Administrative Law and the linkage or
connection between the two. It traces
the use of the terms and how it has evolved over time. It is helpful to the current study as it explains how law, and
global governance work hand in hand in the international sphere and how international organisations while carrying out international affairs
and administration must use these concepts in a way that brings about
transparency and accountability. an
article on the WTO and global dimensions by Richard
B. Stewart and Michelle Ratton
Sanchez Badin speaks about World Trade Organisation and its roles in the sphere of global
governance and the way it functions and how its policies, and the outcomes
of the same have been, along with their effects
on various parts of the globe. It helps us in drawing
an understanding about the economic aspect of global governance. All the
above-mentioned articles and papers
do explain the concepts in the present study and the certain other relevant areas too, however,
they do not necessarily address
the flaws and failures of the United
Nations in doing its job in
order to fulfil what it promises at the international level and how it can be made more accountable and effective in operation in today’s world-scenario, especially towards the countries that need more help (i.e.,
developing and under-developed ones). Hence, this study.
Statement Of Problem
The main aim
of this research is to analyse the role of various organs of the United Nations
– the most prominent international organisation and key player in global governance and international
administration. The study shall try to ascertain whether and how well or how poorly the UN and its organs
have fared in the area of global
governance, now that the dynamics
of international security, health and trade are changing rapidly.
Research Methodology
The research
methodology used in this study is doctrinal. This is because
the approach towards
the subject demands the same. The methodology includes a qualitative and
in-depth analysis of
previously-written works on the same or relevant (either partly or fully) areas
of study and finding gaps in them to
advance the current research and give it proper direction. It involves scrutiny
of various reports
and articles as well as the functioning of certain organs
of the United Nations and
their efficacy and effectiveness (through reports, articles and other sources
of information).
Research Tools
The current
study includes and has used
the following research tools:
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Law Journals
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Case Laws
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Books
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Articles
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Research Papers
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Reports
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E-library resources
Introduction To The United
Nations
The basis
and background of major International Organs have always dwelled in the pursuit
of peace and overall
security for nations. Such events have generally followed grotesque wars. Before the UN, the League of Nations
existed (which was orchestrated in 1919) "to promote international cooperation and to achieve
peace and security”. Despite many efforts,
it was not able to prevent
the horrible world war two and this is why, major countries decided to join hands in interest
of global peace and cooperation. This is where the United Nations comes into the picture – as a saviour of the world and a solution-giver for all problems
at the international level – or
at least that was what the idea behind
its inception was.
Thus, representatives from over 50 countries of the world came together at the United Nations
Conference from 25 April to 26 June 1945- went ahead to formulate and
sign the UN Charter for the creation
of a new international organization which would come to be known as the United
Nations or UN.
It would be pertinent to understand that the creation
of the UN was with a motive to sort out or to
eradicate the problems of the nations who were at war – these nations were
mainly larger ones, which are more
developed ones today and were so even then, and therefore, it is not surprising that international
organizations, irrespective of the functions they ought to perform and the area of work they are made for,
have a slight bending towards the more developed, rather, powerful nations
of the world. This is because they were always made with the view to and for the betterment of these bigger
nations as they were the ones who could afford
war – the inclusion of smaller countries
and proposing an international agreement
for peace and security has been more of an act to show
inclusivity rather than a well-thought idea for actually furthering those goals. This bias in international
organizations, especially and here, the UN, can be seen in the veto power
given to the five countries – USA, UK, Russia, China and France
also known as the P5.
Created with the aim to secure international peace and security and a
proper world order, the scope of the
UN today, has attained a much broader spectrum than what it initially was meant for. Even today, almost every global
concern is being dealt with in some way or the other by the UN. The UN works in a variety of fields ranging from
security, peace creation and maintenance,
and social, health and economic development, as well as international law and humanitarian issues.
Therefore, the entire UN works in multitude of areas to support variousn limbs of globalization and to bring to fore the basic
tabled rules and regulations in international law.
To understand the working of the UN, let us examine and understand the key organs
of the UN first, and then the concept of global governance and the need for both.
Organs And Functioning
Of The UN
The United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA)
The United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is the Organization's “main policy-making body. It provides an excellent platform
for multilateral debate of the complete number of diverse topics addressed by the United Nations Charter. It is
made up of all UN Member States”.
Each of United Nations' 193 member states has an equal vote. This organ makes
key decisions for the UN with regards
to appointments of secretary generals, election of the non- permanent
members as well as approving the entire
budget of the UN.
Despite wielding such immense power
and position on the global front, the UNGA has always shown
a consistent lack of political
will to carry out actual
operations or question
the powerful countries, who are generally in the
position where they are exploiting the weaker countries. The UN as a whole, can do no more or no less than what the P5
wish for it to do which handicaps the
organ. Issues which are discussed in the general assembly are of very high political intensity and therefore, require
the cooperation and neutral participation of the P5 which rarely happens,
as they only further notions and motions
which are beneficial to them.
The United Nations
Security Council (UNSC)
The Security
Council as the name suggests, shoulders the responsibility to deal with matters of and relating
to peace and international security. It has fifteen members
– including the P5 which
are permanent members and ten other members who are elected temporarily
on rotating basis. Each member
here, has one vote which
is equal, but the P5 have the power to veto which means
the power to cast a negative vote of a sort, when they feel their interests
are not being
met with in that present
resolution. It is difficult to imagine how any country
except the P5 can get by in the
UNSC with such unfairly distributed powers among the members.
The council takes lead in matters which concern international peace and security.
It has the power to call upon the
concerned parties (member
states) to come together to peacefully settle the issues
or take other course of action
as it may deem fit.
However, the backlash that the council faces is its lack of inclusion of
nations that actually need to be
represented, for example, Latin American and African nations. Peacekeeping is utmost important and necessary in so many
third-world countries at the point, but they are not even being represented, let alone being heard and their
problems being solved are a distant dream.
The United Nations
Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC)
ECOSOC synchronizes all activities of United Nations'
fourteen specialized agencies,
functional commissions, and five regional commissions on economic,
social, and related issues. It is the
primary platform for debating international economic and social concerns, as well as generating policy recommendations
for Member States and the UN system. It
is responsible for supporting greater
prosperity, employment growth,
and socioeconomic advancement, and also highlighting
solutions to the global financial, social, and health issues, promoting and exchanging educational and cultural cooperation, and ensuring universal respect for people's rights and essential or basic freedoms.
Apart from these,
the ECOSOC also has special
commissions on areas and regions
that it feels need more
attention and help, such as Africa, Asia-Pacific, Caribbean and Western Asia
etc., however, lack of any fruitful activity
or monumental successes in these areas have been witnessed. It lacks a clear-cut relationship with the UNGA which
creates a lot of ambiguity and leads to non-fulfilment of goals that it ought to strive to work for.
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Among the most significant institutions of the UN has been the ICJ. It
addresses relevant international disputes
between states and gives advisory
opinions on international legal problems. It is
also known as the World Court. It is the only international court that handles general
disputes between states,
and its judgements and opinions are regarded as essential parts
of international law. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the
heir to League of Nations' Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) (1920).
The ICJ's statute,
which establishes its
mission and organisation, is heavily influenced by the precedents of its
predecessor, the International Court
of Justice, whose decisions are still binding. The ICJ Statute applies to all UN member states and permits them to bring
cases before the court; however, advisory processes
can only be brought by certain UN
bodies and organisations.
It has been considered to be one of the weakest organs of the UN despite
being one with ginormous responsibility in the sphere
of law. The consensual dispute
settlement system is the first shortcoming. The second being
advisory opinions. The third being no jurisdiction for criminal cases and the fourth being dealing only in inter-state
disputes, as if disputes cannot exist between groups on the international level.
Apart from this, there are two other important
organs of the UN – the Trusteeship Council
and the UN
Secretariat.
Global Governance And The Un
Global
governance draws together “a wide range of entities to coordinate global
collective action. Global governance, broadly
defined, aims to deliver global
public goods, such as peace
and security, dispute
resolution and mediation
mechanisms, functional markets,
and harmonized trade and industrial
standards”. There are questions even on the use of the term law as part of global administrative law.
Is the understanding of law is still based and backed on the concept of sovereignty? H.L.A Hart theory of law departs
from Austinian concept of law which depends
on sovereignty. This is new approach enables to understanding and regulating the functioning
of international organizations such as
UNO, WHO etc.2
Effective global governance is impossible to achieve without
effective international collaboration, which serves to promote
common interests and values while also reducing the vulnerabilities that growing dependency brings. All areas in
this globalizing world require global
governance or administration at an international level; - economics, security,
public health and welfare, job
opportunities, trade and commerce, labour and human rights to name just a few.
The problems in the present-day scenario have not remained limited to just certain nations or one particular nation – the growing interdependence and increasing pace at which the world is
2 Kingsbury, B. 2009, "The concept of 'law' in
global administrative law", European Journal of International Law,
vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 23-57.
coming together has created problems
as well as opportunities both –
a subject of global level.
Due to globalization, even the solutions need to come at the international level and for this very purpose, the international institutions like the UN have been created. They have the responsibility
to ensure equality and development as well as peace, security, health and education
in all the nations of the world, according to their needs
and situations, and impartially in a fair manner. There is a need for
developing a tandem between the nations of the world as no nation can prosper in seclusion. The reason behind
this is the varying economic
statuses and differences in resources that each nation
has. Keeping in mind these differences from culture to climate, an international administrative system needs to be brought in place but since that is not possible and one already exists
(i.e., the UN) it needs to be strengthened, made more transparent and
effective.
The current international framework, national policies, and international
organization policies appear to be
shaped by variables anchored in and informed by the nation-state era's
historical and cultural experiences,
as well as political socialization. The United Nations has long been significant and central to global
governance, despite opposition from particular nations and strongholds. The United Nations was a
significant step toward really internationalizing issues that were previously seen to be primarily within a State's
domestic authority. Human rights protection and the reduction of the rich-poor divide, and also the digital
divide. The UN and its organizations
have repeatedly enforced human rights rulings above apparent public interest, resulting in the benefit of one country.
However, the extent of their success and the changing nature of their operations along with the pressing need for
transparency in their operations needs to be
examined with changing times.
This is because the importance of international organizations increases during the global crisis situations because of their expertise, ability to centralize and governance competencies. For example, the growth and empowerment of international organizations such as WHO is because of their responses during SARS crisis, swine influenza outbreak and now during Covid-19 pandemic situation. 3 But with such empowerment during global crisis, these international organizations are subject to scrutiny after the crisis gets over. Questions regarding transparency and accountability are raised on the process of securitization and demand for de-securitization.4
3 Hanrieder, T. & Kreuder-Sonnen, C. 2014,
"WHO decides on the exception? Securitization and emergency governance in global health", Security Dialogue, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 331-348.
4Hanrieder, T. & Kreuder-Sonnen, C. 2014, "WHO
decides on the exception? Securitization and emergency governance in global health", Security Dialogue, vol. 45,
no. 4, pp. 331-348.
As part of global governance there is a demand for regulatory structure
which can satisfy the needs such as transparency,
accountability, participation, reasoned decision which are in the nature
of administrative law. 5
Failures
And Successes: Assessing The UN’s Working In The Global Administrative
Sphere
In terms of global governance, the UN has had ample opportunities to showcase its skills, reach and
power and how serious it is about achieving all the goals that it so strongly
has always promised to fulfil on an international front.
Talking of its successes, the United Nations
saves the lives of millions
of people all around the world.
Over eighty million people get food and monetary support from the World Food Program.
The United Nations
offers assistance to almost sixty-nine million displaced individuals who have abandoned their homes
due to persecution, conflict, or abuses of human rights. Furthermore, UN organisations provide immunizations to
forty-five percent of the world's
children, potentially saving between two to three million fatalities or lives
every year avoidable illnesses. It
has been very instrumental in controlling HIV AIDs and substantially reducing
diseases like polio,
especially in the African Countries.
In the arena of Human Rights, it established the first complete
basis for human rights legislation or laws internationally. Human rights were defined by the
organisation in the “Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (UDHR)” and later “International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)”, as
well as the “International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)”.
These accords established, among other things,
the rights to fairness, removal
of barriers, education, religion, and asylum.
The UN has established mechanisms to promote and protect the
Declaration's rights. Each four years, the Council, comprising of over forty representatives, conducts an assessment in which it evaluates and
5 Kingsbury, B. 2009, "The concept of 'law' in
global administrative law", European Journal of International Law, vol.
20, no. 1, pp. 23-57.
provides recommendations to all UN member nations on their human rights
records. The Council was recently condemned for allowing China to join after allegations of gross violations of human rights against Uyghur
Muslims. The UNCHR
supervises the oversight organisations in
charge of executing treaties once they have been adopted. Although it is
uncertain if suggestions and
supervision result in legal changes, the UN's efforts provide an international norm for
governments to aspire for.
It has played a significant role in peacekeeping missions in some African
and other nations around the world and it provides
food and healthcare to millions who need
it. this is one of the strongest and best work of the UN so
far and something it should be applauded
for.
The UN does claim it helped in the process of decolonization during the
time period before a few decades,
however, that seems to be a topic
of debate and deliberation as no direct
role was played by the UN, however, it does get
credit for making all types and sizes and natures of nations a part of
it, despite their large
differences, when the UN was formed.
The UN has definitely succeeded in providing support to nations in times
of need at one point in time or
another. It has also played a crucial role in codifying and formulating
international laws with seemingly
universal application and acceptance and has tried immensely in getting nations
and member states to implement
these guidelines in their local administrative, governing
and legal spheres.
It has created a level or benchmark in terms of laws and in all the areas it aims to work for and strive for, although it is a different thing
that it does not have real or actual/absolute
powers of enforcement, which is
a huge drawback.
Coming to the failures, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) stands at the
top – a hundred and ninety countries
came together to sign it and the P5 owned nuclear weapons while the treaty along with the Partial Test Ban Treaty was
supposed to make all nations refrain from the
production, development and usage of nuclear weapons,
many countries around
the world have successfully developed nuclear weapons.
Human rights violations are occurring in conflict-prone locations like
Gaza, but the UN Security Council has
been unable to respond since the United States vetoes any action against Israel.
The Arab Spring
in the Middle East, that led to thousands of deaths and regime changes,
the formation of ISIS, and horrendous atrocities, may have been
prevented if United Nations Member States had been able to act firmly and quickly.
The International Court of Justice
(ICJ) is well-known for its failure
to handle inter-state issues correctly.
To date, there are over thirty ongoing border problems affecting highly expensive assets
that were never brought before
the ICJ since
one party's assertion
is invalid. Most nations "consider acknowledgement of the
court's jurisdiction as an intrusion on their sovereignty," therefore major concerns about peace and
stability between more powerful nations are rarely lodged. Despite the fact that the International Court of Justice
regularly handled significant international
crises, the United Nations' veto rights have limited its effectiveness at
critical junctures. The major difficulty is there is no way to
truly enforce the ICJ's decisions.
The third-world nations have not benefitted from the UN operations or
their working. The modus operandi
and the missions of the UN have not been worth the efforts that the representatives of the developing and
under-developed countries put in to put forward their issues and grievances. The major powers
and developed countries
have time and again ignored
and rubbished the needs of the third world countries, who are the ones
who need this global support the most,
but get it the least, or none at
all.
It is almost as if the extravagant luxuries and IPRs of the developed
countries and multi- national
corporations are more important than the fundamental rights and basic
necessities of the third world nations.
Suggestions And Conclusions
Accountability needs to be increased
– the UN has to be made more transparent and accountable for
its actions in every single area and act that it does, every mission that it undertakes and every process needs to be
reviewed by every member state in a proper manner so as to ensure higher levels of accountability. This will
reduce arbitrariness. The distribution of
the resources is conspicuously and naturally unfair and very deeply divided and
therefore, the treatment towards the
nations should also be different – as per the needs and situations of the place and time. Equality doesn’t
necessarily mean treating everyone equally, irrespective of their differences, it means treating
equals equally, which means there have to be exceptions in the treatment so as to accommodate justice and fairness.
Despite its objective
of inclusivity and representation, the United Nations
is commonly regarded as a Western-oriented institution. European and American interests
having dominated the UN since its founding.
One illustration is development assistance. Institutions such as the
IMF and World Bank are mainly or for most of it, shouldering the responsibility
for the coordination of economic development initiatives, whereas the United Nations
offers standards and monitoring for sustainable
development. They work together to put the UN's economic development framework into action. Both the IMF and the World Bank limit loans on neoliberalism elements such as trade liberalisation, private industry, and a reduction
in overall government expenditures (i.e., the
proportion of government). These tactics were especially contentious at the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic, when the IMF
conditioned loans on stringent austerity
measures like as cuts to public health expenditure and unemployment benefits. This westernised and west-biased
approach needs to be done away with at once and these nations must themselves refrain from the arbitrary acts
that they do. For enabling this fairness, the veto power should be taken away and each country should
have equal standing,
in fact, the third world
nations who are in dire need of help and support, should have a stronger vote and say in matters,
just as for so many years the developed nations
have held a position of unwavering and unquestioned power, and used it for their selfish motives.
Apart from this, systems should be put in place where there is a
time-to-time check on the funding,
fund allocation and resource allocation in the UN, by all member states
together. Efficiency and
effectiveness can be increased strengthening the way the enforceability exists and operates in all of the organs of the
UN.
The UN's governance should be
improved, beginning in the Security
Council, whose membership no longer represents global geopolitical reality; more inclusion of
under-developed and developing states. The Western
Europe and Other Group (WEOG)
presently has three of the five permanent(P5) members (France, the United Kingdom, and the United States),
but neither Africa nor Latin America has any
membership, which should
be changed and such nations
should also be members and have say or
at least observational status in the same. The rotational Security Council
seats do not fully restore regional
balance which should be looked into - seats for Asia which is very populous and needs representation, should by and
large be expanded. Any significant reform can be accomplished by modifying the UN Charter, which necessitates a
positive vote and domestic approval by two-thirds of UN members
and in addition to charter
revision, procedural improvements are necessary, including as
more openness and closer engagement with troop- contributing nations.
The conclusion can only be one – the administrative and governance power
that the UN and its organ
wield globally are enormous, but with great power comes great responsibility
and the UN must pick up pace and shoulder the responsibility it has been entrusted upon with, because the hopes of billions are on this one organisation – for a new world order, a
true world order – one which is free from lack of
transparency, representation and enforceability. It can be and must be made highly accountable in and by
all means – because the world cannot take more
hollow promises and inaction
on the part of trusted international organisations like the UN.
There is still hope for third world nations since the UN has not
collapsed in its functionality, integrity
and efficiency in all its entirety and this can be made better and the lost
glory of the UN can be restored, once
it makes itself more accountable, transparent and participative and does not shy away from taking stands on
all matters of international interests. The only focus of UN should be fair, equitable and lawful global governance,
which may be difficult, but is not
impossible.
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Role Of United Nations In Global Governance (By-Prachi Oza)
Authors: Prachi Oza
- Journal IJLRA
- ISSN 2582-6433
- Published 2022/09/22
- Volume 2
- Issue 7
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