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UNIHP Book Series UNIHP Book Series The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (2007) (2007) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations � � Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal � � Justice (2008) (2008) Justice Preventive Diplomacy at the UN Preventive Diplomacy at the UN (2008) (2008) � � The UN and Transnational Corporations: from Code of The UN and Transnational Corporations: from Code of � � Conduct to Global Compact (2008) (2008) Conduct to Global Compact The UN and Development: From Aid to Cooperation The UN and Development: From Aid to Cooperation (2009) (2009) � � UN Ideas That Changed the World UN Ideas That Changed the World (2009) (2009) � � The UN and Global Governance: An Unfinished Journey The UN and Global Governance: An Unfinished Journey � � (forthcoming 2010) (forthcoming 2010) Development Without Destruction: The UN and the Global Development Without Destruction: The UN and the Global � � Resource Management Resource Management (forthcoming 2010) (forthcoming 2010)
International Advisory Council International Advisory Council Makoto Taniguchi Makoto Taniguchi Galal Amin Amin Galal Margaret Margaret Joan Joan Lourdes Ariz Ariz Lourdes Thandika Thandika Anstee Anstee Mkandawire Mkandawire John G. Ruggie Ruggie John G. Enrique V. Iglesias Iglesias Enrique V. Eveline Herfkens Herfkens Eveline Gert Rosenthal Rosenthal Gert Andras Inotai Inotai Andras Ramesh Thakur Thakur Ramesh
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UN Voices - -Interviews of UN personalities Interviews of UN personalities UN Voices who have made a difference who have made a difference
Samir Amin Sir Hans Fernando Singer Mrs. Ogata Henrique Cardoso Leticia Shahani Elise Boulding Javier Perez de Bernard Chidzero Celso Furtado Cuellar Just Faaland Adebayo Adedeji Boutros Noeleen Heyzer Boutros-Ghali
9 UN Ideas That Changed The World UN Ideas That Changed The World 9 Idea 1: Human Rights for All Human Rights for All Idea 1: Idea 2: Gender Equality and Women Gender Equality and Women’ ’s Rights s Rights Idea 2: Idea 3: Development Goals Development Goals Idea 3: Idea 4: Fairer International Economic Relations Idea 4: Fairer International Economic Relations Idea 5: Strategies for accelerating development in Idea 5: Strategies for accelerating development in poorer countries poorer countries Idea 6: Priorities for Social Development Idea 6: Priorities for Social Development Idea 7: Environmental Sustainability Idea 7: Environmental Sustainability Idea 8:Peace and Human Security Idea 8:Peace and Human Security Idea 9: Human Development Idea 9: Human Development
Each of the UN Ideas has Evolved Each of the UN Ideas has Evolved Human rights for all – – from from Human rights for all aspirations to implementation aspirations to implementation Gender equality – – from eliminating from eliminating Gender equality discrimination to women’ ’s s discrimination to women empowerment empowerment Environment sustainability – – from environment and from environment and Environment sustainability development to climate development to climate change and saving the change and saving the Planet Planet
Peace and Security – –the evolution of the evolution of Peace and Security UN ideas and approaches UN ideas and approaches 1945 - - Replacing conflict with Replacing conflict with 1945 � � the rule of law the rule of law 1950s - 1950s - Preventive Preventive � � diplomacy diplomacy 1950s- - 1990s 1990s- - Disarmament Disarmament 1950s � � and Development and Development 1948- - 2009 Peacekeeping 2009 Peacekeeping 1948 � � - today160,000 deployed today160,000 deployed - 1994 Human Security 1994 Human Security � � 2001 - - The Responsibility to The Responsibility to 2001 � � Protect Protect
UN economic ideas have often differed from UN economic ideas have often differed from those of World Bank and the IMF – – but the but the those of World Bank and the IMF Bretton Woods Institutions have received Woods Institutions have received Bretton most donor support most donor support Fairer International Economic Relations – – Fairer International Economic Relations needed in trade, aid and TNCs TNCs needed in trade, aid and National Development strategies – –directed to directed to National Development strategies accelerated national development accelerated national development Development Goals – –focused on human advance focused on human advance Development Goals Social Development – –a key component of a key component of Social Development development from the UN’ ’s earliest years s earliest years development from the UN
The Pioneering Quality of UN Work The Pioneering Quality of UN Work is Often Not Realized: Nine Nobel is Often Not Realized: Nine Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Prize Winners in Economics 1969: Jan Tinbergen 1973: Wassily Leontief 1974: Gunnar Myrdal 1977: James Meade Lawrence R. Klein Lawrence R. Klein 1979: W. Arthur Lewis and Theodore W. Schultz 1980: Lawrence R. Klein 1984: Richard Stone 1998: Amartya Sen Amartya Sen Sen Amartya
Sir W Arthur Lewis Sir W Arthur Lewis winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979 and the first from a developing country and the first from a developing country LSE 1933 LSE 1933- - 47 47– –first class honours in economics1937, PhD 1940, lecturer 1939 first class honours in economics1937, PhD 1940, lecturer 1939- - 47 47 Professor of Development Economics, University of Manchester 1948 8- - 57 57 Professor of Development Economics, University of Manchester 194 UN Economic Adviser to the President of Ghana 1957- - 59 59 UN Economic Adviser to the President of Ghana 1957 Deputy Managing Director of the UN Special Fund, which became UNDP 1960 DP 1960- - 61 61 Deputy Managing Director of the UN Special Fund, which became UN Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies1961- - 1964 1964 Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies1961 Professor of Economics, Princeton University, 1964 Professor of Economics, Princeton University, 1964- - 1991 1991
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