Skip to main content
Disciplines
Automotive Business IT + Informatics Construction + Real Estate Electrical Engineering + Electronics Energy + Sustainability Insurance + Risk Finance + Banking Management + Leadership Marketing + Sales Mechanical Engineering + Materials
Events
DE
EN
Books
Journals
Topic Page
Marketing
Start single access now
Access for companies
EXTENDED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Published in:
Diplomacy the Neglected Global Issue: Why Diplomacy Needs to Catch Up with the World Read chapter Read first chapter

2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

21. Toward a More Credible Multilateralism at the United Nations: A Few Practical Steps

Author : Bénédicte Frankinet

Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Log in

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

The discrepancy between the multilateral commitments made by states and the lack of urgency and political will in pursuing their implementation undermines the credibility of the global multilateral system, and more specifically in the United Nations. Many factors lie at the heart of this unsatisfactory state of affairs. This chapter is about dysfunctional multilateralism and about some very practical changes in diplomatic practice that might contribute to mitigating this situation. It suggests, from the viewpoint of a practitioner, some modest but important reforms in thinking and in action at the UN in order to make it a more viable and effective institution.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 102.000 Bücher
  • über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
  • Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Versicherung + Risiko




Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now
previous chapter Digitalizing South American MFAs: Reform and Resistance
next chapter A New Logic of Multilateralism on Demand
Literature
Biscop, S. 2020. “For Multilateralism to Work, There Must be Consensus on What It Is Supposed to Do and Can Realistically Achieve.” In The Multilateral Order Post-COVID: Expert Voices, 6–7. Dublin: Institute of International and European Affairs.
Gordenker, L. 2018. “The UN System.” In International Organizations and Global Governance, ed. T.G. Weiss. London: Routledge.
Kamau, M., P. Chasek, and D. O’Connor. 2018. “Pulling It All Together: The SDG’s and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.” In Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy, eds. M. Kamau, P. Chasek, and D. O’Connor. London: Routledge.
Morris, J. 2000. “UN Security Council Reform: A Counsel for the 21st Century.” Security Dialogue (September): 265–77.
Müller, J. 2020. Reforming the United Nations: Fit for Purpose at 75? Leiden and Boston: Brill.
Peterson, M.J. 2005. The UN General Assembly. London: Routledge.
Weiss, T.G. 2009. “What Happened to the Idea of World Government?” International Studies Quarterly 53 (2): 253–71.
Metadata
Title
Toward a More Credible Multilateralism at the United Nations: A Few Practical Steps
Author
Bénédicte Frankinet
Copyright Year
2023
Book
The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation

Print ISBN: 978-3-031-10970-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-10971-3

Copyright Year: 2023

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10971-3_21