Gert Rosenthal

Inside the United Nations (eBook, ePUB)

Multilateral Diplomacy Up Close

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Inside the United Nations illustrates some of the parameters surrounding consensus-building at the United Nations, seeking to provide new insights beyond what is already known.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315301778
• Artikelnr.: 49984043

Autorenporträt

Gert Rosenthal is a Guatemalan economist. He did both his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of California at Berkeley. He alternated his career between public service in Guatemala and in international organizations. On the former, he was, among other posts Secretary-General of the National Planning and Budgetary Secretariat. On the latter, he worked for the Secretariat of the Central American Common Market before joining the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) where he served as its Executive Secretary from 1988 to 1997. After retiring from the UN secretariat he rejoined his government and served, first, as Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, then as Foreign Minister of Guatemala, followed by a second tour of duty to the UN to lead the Guatemalan delegation to the Security Council. His last activity with the United Nations was as Chair of the Advisory Group of Experts for the 2015 review of the organization's peacebuilding architecture.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. The 2000 Millennium Declaration: A General Assembly Summit with
far-reaching consequences
2. The 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development
3. The 2000-2001 battle over the scale of assessments in the Fifth
Committee
4. ECOSOC in 2003: A principal organ in search of its identity
5. Electoral politics at the United Nations: A contested election in 2006
6. The Security Council in 2012-2013: The perspective of small states
7. An overview: Some lessons learned
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