Political Ethics And The United Nations

Author : Manuel Froehlich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134065561

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Political Ethics and The United Nations by Manuel Froehlich Pdf

Based on a wealth of sources, files and interviews, and including previously unpublished material, this book explores the foundations of the political ethics of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, examining how they influenced his actions in several key crisis situations. Hammarskjöld’s political innovations, such as the creation of peacekeeping forces, the use of private diplomacy and the concept of the international civil service, were bold attempts at translating the aims and principles of the UN charter into concrete thought and action. Kofi Annan described Hammarskjöld’s approach as a useful guideline to dealing with the problems of a globalized world. Offering a topical perspective on a subject that has not recently been explored, this book analyzes Hammarskjöld’s successes and failures in a way which offers insights into contemporary problems, and in doing so provides a significant and original contribution to UN studies. Political Ethics and The United Nations will be of interest to students of the United Nations, peace studies, and international relations in general.

Author : Kent J. Kille
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589014732

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The UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority by Kent J. Kille Pdf

Once described by Trygve Lie as the "most impossible job on earth," the position of UN Secretary-General is as frustratingly constrained as it is prestigious. The Secretary-General's ability to influence global affairs often depends on how the international community regards his moral authority. In relation to such moral authority, past office-holders have drawn on their own ethics and religious backgrounds—as diverse as Lutheranism, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Coptic Christianity—to guide the role that they played in addressing the UN's goals in the international arena, such as the maintenance of international peace and security and the promotion of human rights. In The UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority, contributors provide case studies of all seven former secretaries-general, establishing a much-needed comparative survey of each office-holder's personal religious and moral values. From Trygve Lie's forbearance during the UN's turbulent formative years to the Nobel committee's awarding Kofi Annan and the United Nations the prize for peace in 2001, the case studies all follow the same format, first detailing the environmental and experiential factors that forged these men's ethical frameworks, then analyzing how their "inner code" engaged with the duties of office and the global events particular to their terms. Balanced and unbiased in its approach, this study provides valuable insight into how religious and moral leadership functions in the realm of international relations, and how the promotion of ethical values works to diffuse international tensions and improve the quality of human life around the world.

Author : Manuel Fröhlich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political ethics
ISBN : OCLC:759628088

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Political Ethics and the United Nations by Manuel Fröhlich Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047411758

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Globalization and Political Ethics by Anonim Pdf

This book measures the current institutional and political realities surrounding globalization against philosophical ideals. Though the contributors share no particular orthodoxy, they do share the conviction that human responsibility is possible in circumstances that often appear to deny human agency.

Author : Manuel Froehlich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134065554

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Political Ethics and The United Nations by Manuel Froehlich Pdf

Based on a wealth of sources, files and interviews, and including previously unpublished material, this book explores the foundations of the political ethics of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, examining how they influenced his actions in several key crisis situations. Hammarskjöld’s political innovations, such as the creation of peacekeeping forces, the use of private diplomacy and the concept of the international civil service, were bold attempts at translating the aims and principles of the UN charter into concrete thought and action. Kofi Annan described Hammarskjöld’s approach as a useful guideline to dealing with the problems of a globalized world. Offering a topical perspective on a subject that has not recently been explored, this book analyzes Hammarskjöld’s successes and failures in a way which offers insights into contemporary problems, and in doing so provides a significant and original contribution to UN studies. Political Ethics and The United Nations will be of interest to students of the United Nations, peace studies, and international relations in general.

Author : Antonio Franceschet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015078801761

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The Ethics of Global Governance by Antonio Franceschet Pdf

Ethics is treated in this book not as a set of rules, nor as a topic for philosophical discussion, but as a necessary aspect of political life. The authors analyse ethical controversies as central to global governance, considering the hard moral choices facing states and other actors as they navigate a complex world order.

Author : United Nations. General Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Human rights
ISBN : OCLC:904283765

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights by United Nations. General Assembly Pdf

Author : Bernarda Ivankovic
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783656958871

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The Challenge of Great Power Politics within the United Nations by Bernarda Ivankovic Pdf

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 1, University of Vienna, course: The United Nations, language: English, abstract: After the Second World War, Europe was demolished. Over 60 million people were killed, industry was destroyed, and above all the war induced deep moral degradation. While the world struggled to recover from the desolation of the war, a new global organization, the United Nations, was established, its main purpose was and still is to ensure peace and security within the international community and chiefly to avoid a third world war. Over the past decades, the United Nations and its humanitarian interventions have been an interesting and important theme, hence more literature is being written on this topic. However the effectiveness of the Security Council at executing international peace through humanitarian interventions seems to be a relatively neglected area, therefore this field is the focus of my dissertation. The importance of the United Nations on the global stage is indeed a popular topic which has undergone much research. Nevertheless, the mismatch of attitudes between the great powers within the Security Council concerning different humanitarian interventions but with similar origins still has not been sufficiently explored. In this dissertation, I intend to fill a gap in this area of research, which is not only a globally important issue, but also a topic that has been under-researched. The aim of this dissertation is to shed light on challenges that the United Nations faces, with an emphasis on the ethics of humanitarian intervention. In order to find an appropriate answer to this question, I will examine two case studies, which have been chosen as examples of two different UN reactions to a crisis. The first case study is NATO’s military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo war in 1999, the second is a non-combat military operation in Syria. While considering these two case studies, it is also crucial to constantly keep in mind the motives and ideas that lead to the development of the UN and what the UN is supposed to represent. In order to understand this, I will first provide a brief history of the UN, and detail how it is structured, and most notably, the Charter of the UN as a source of right. Possible limitations of this project could be an inability to come to the right conclusions and find a universal solution to these kinds of crises.

Author : Thomas G. Weiss,Sam Daws
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1025 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199560103

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The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations by Thomas G. Weiss,Sam Daws Pdf

This major new handbook provides the definitive and comprehensive analysis of the UN and will be an essential point of reference for all those working on or in the organization.

Author : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004289031

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The Law, Policy and Politics of the UN Human Rights Council by Bertrand G. Ramcharan Pdf

It is the merit of this book to present the Human Rights Council in terms of its mandates, roles and organization while seeking to remind the membership and the international community at large that the Council must be anchored in the modern human rights law of the Charter - of which the author gives a superb presentation. The book then proceeds to make the case that human rights are part of international constitutional law and this is exceedingly important at a time when universal values have come under stress from various quarters including from terrorist formations. The argument of the book is essentially that the modern human rights law of the Charter and the human rights provisions of international constitutional law must take precedence for everyone, everywhere.

Author : Francis Lieber
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020145382

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Manual Of Political Ethics by Francis Lieber Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of political ethics, and is designed for use by college students and law students. Topics covered include the nature of political ethics, the role of government, and the ethical responsibilities of individuals in political life. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in political philosophy or the ethical dimensions of political life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jonathan Gilmore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137032270

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The Cosmopolitan Military by Jonathan Gilmore Pdf

What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? This book examines the often difficult transition they have made toward missions aimed at protecting civilians and promoting human security, and asks whether we might expect the emergence of armed forces that exist to serve the wider human community.

Author : Richard B. Day,Joseph Masciulli
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004155817

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Globalization and Political Ethics by Richard B. Day,Joseph Masciulli Pdf

This book measures the current institutional and political realities surrounding globalization against philosophical ideals. Though the contributors share no particular orthodoxy, they do share the conviction that human responsibility is possible in circumstances that often appear to deny human agency.

Author : Lawrence S. Finkelstein
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Law
ISBN : 0822308207

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Politics in the United Nations System by Lawrence S. Finkelstein Pdf

Politics in the United Nations reflects the predominant discord and occasional convergence among the members of the UN system as they view the international problems of our times through lenses of their geographic, historical, ideological, religious, and ethnic diversity. The contributors to this book describe how, since the United Nations was founded more than forty years ago, the UN system has changed to accommodate the varied interests of its members.

Author : Thomas G. Weiss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000028928

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The United Nations and Changing World Politics by Thomas G. Weiss Pdf

This completely revised and updated eighth edition serves as the definitive text for courses in which the United Nations is either the focus or a central component. Built around three critical themes in international relations (peace and security, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and sustainable human development) the eighth edition of The United Nations and Changing World Politics guides students through the seven turbulent decades of UN politics. This new edition is fully revised to incorporate recent developments on the international stage, including new peace operations in Mali and the Central African Republic; ongoing UN efforts to manage the crises in Libya, Syria, and Iraq; the Iran Nuclear Deal; and the new Sustainable Development Goals. The authors discuss how international law frames the controversies at the UN and guides how the UN responds to violence and insecurity, gross violations of human rights, poverty, underdevelopment, and environmental degradation. Students of all levels will learn that the UN is a complex organization, comprised of three interactive entities that cooperate and also compete with each other to define and advance the UN's principles and purposes.