Reforming the United Nations: A Chronology

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Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

1: Short Introduction to the Structure of the UN

2: Summary of Main Reform Initiatives, 1946 to 2015

1 Trygve Lie (Norway), 1946–1953: Building the Foundation

Organizational Structure, Headquarters and Decentralization

New Entities and Subsidiary Bodies

First Experience in Technical Assistance and Peacekeeping

2 Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden), 1953–1961: Cold War

Peacekeeping Becomes Established

Management Reform with Political Overtones

3 U Thant (Burma), 1961–1971: The Third World

Peacekeeping Financing

New Planning and Budgeting System

Increase in Membership

Focus on Development

4 Kurt Waldheim (Austria), 1972–1981: The North–South Conflict

A New UN Structure for Global Economic Co-operation

5 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru), 1982–1991: Return to the UN

Administrative and Financial Functioning

Rediscovery of the UN

6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt), 1992–1996: The New Unity

Major Structural Changes

An Agenda for Peace

Agenda for Development

50th Anniversary of the UN

7 Kofi Annan (Ghana), 1997–2006: Focus on Integrity and Efficiency

The Quiet Revolution

Millennium Summit

Security Council Reform

In Larger Freedom: Integrity and Efficiency

8 Ban Ki-moon (South Korea), 2007–2016: The Limits of the UN

Secretariat: Structure, Human Resources and Change Plan

Peacekeeping: Structure, Policy and Conduct

System-wide Coherence and “Delivering as One”

Capital Master Plan

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

9 Concluding Observations

3: Chronology of Main Change Events

Appendix I: Reform Documents

1 Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

2 The Future of United Nations Peace Operations: Implementation of the Recommendations of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO)

3 Challenge of Sustaining Peace: Report of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture

4 The Secretary-General’s Five-Year Action Agenda

Appendix II: Supporting Information

1 Charter of the United Nations

2 Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council

3 Statute of the International Court of Justice

4 United Nations Member States

5 Security Council Membership

6 United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

Bibliography on UN Reform

Index