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They Call It Multistakeholderism. Where Does That Leave the UN?

September 2, 2019

Global governance is slipping away from the United Nations. Whether it is in managing the Internet, where the UN’s governing structure offers only an advisory role for governments; or climate change, where the most exciting actions are now corporate-led partnerships outside the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; or the Gates Foundation-sponsored Gavi, The …

Development, Governance, WORLDVIEWS

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Advice to António Guterres: A Leaner UN Could Be a Better UN

March 27, 2017

by Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss

GENEVA — Whether or not he is a fan of Chinese characters, António Guterres will have to discover the double meaning of a crisis as opportunity. United Nations corridors on First Avenue in New York are buzzing with anxiety about the possibility of impending cuts in funding from the United States, with hints from …

Secretary-General, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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Regional Organizations Remain Vital to the UN

April 30, 2013

by Helmut Volger

Formed as a “club” of nation states, the United Nations took some time to find out that cooperation with regional organizations might be of some use in improving social and economic living conditions as well as maintaining international peace and security and safeguarding the enjoyment of human rights. It was not before the economic …

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UN Conference on Trade and Development

They Call It Multistakeholderism. Where Does That Leave the UN?

Advice to António Guterres: A Leaner UN Could Be a Better UN

Regional Organizations Remain Vital to the UN

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