Additional Resources
Additional Resources for Inefficient but Indispensable: Reforming and Reviving the United Nations
History, Funding & Programs of the United Nations
A comprehensive overview of the history, structure and programs of the UN.
An overview of the funding structure of the United Nations.
An overview of the history, with additional links to more information.
Detailed descriptions of each UN body and corresponding programs.
United Nations Reform
Side-by-side, the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, is moving forward to ensure that an efficient, relevant and accountable UN is working to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. These efforts are outlined on this site published by the United Nations, with links to further information.
An independent analysis of UN reform, including history, key players, obstacles, initiatives, finances and additional resources.
ReformtheUN.org is a project of the World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) providing up-to-date documents and resources on UN reform from the UN, governments and civil society.
Reform the United Nations, by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., and Baker Spring
Backgrounder #1700, October 27, 2003
Critique of the UN’s response, or lack thereof, to the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in September of 2003. Written for the Heritage Foundation.
Relationship with the United States
Reform the United Nations, by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., and Baker Spring
Backgrounder #1700, October 27, 2003
Critique of the UN’s response, or lack thereof, to the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in September of 2003. Specifically addresses the relationship with the US, national sovereignty, US funding for the UN and combating anti-Americanism at the UN.
The U.S. Relationship with the United Nations, ARoundtable with Carol Bellamy, David Morrison and Christopher Shays, published in the Yale Journal of International Affairs Winter/Spring 2006
A discussion of the biggest challenges, the biggest mistake the UN has made in recent years, the prospects for serious reform and the current relationship between the United States and the United Nations.
Renewing the U.S.-UN Relationship, by Michael Landweber, November 20th, 2008, Partnership for a Secure America
Comments on the bi-partisan statement and recommendations for the Obama administration regarding the relationship with the UN.
Media & Publicity
International Public Opinion on the United Nations, World Public Opinion.org
A project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, this organization is is an international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues. As the world becomes increasingly integrated, problems have become increasingly global, pointing to a greater need for understanding between nations and for elucidating global norms. With the growth of democracy in the world, public opinion has come to play a greater role in the foreign policy process. WorldPublicOpinion.org seeks to reveal the values and views of publics in specific nations around the world as well as global patterns of world public opinion.
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