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Shedding Light on the Intricacies of the Security Council

January 1, 2015November 30, 2014 by Helmut Volger

The Security Council is the most important political body of the United Nations. If you consider the council uncommunicative and dominated by the great powers, and if you search for ways to improve its democratic qualities without amending the UN Charter, you have to look at the rules of procedure of the council and how … Read more

Jan Eliasson Explains His Role as No. 2 at the UN

February 10, 2014January 19, 2014 by A. Edward Elmendorf

Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the UN

Jan Eliasson has been the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations since July 2012, the second in command after Ban Ki-moon. Eliasson, 73, is a former Swedish foreign minister and was ambassador to the United States twice, among other foreign postings. He was also president of the UN General Assembly and a key UN mediator … Read more

Shedding Light on the Intricacies of the Security Council

Jan Eliasson Explains His Role as No. 2 at the UN

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