The UN Secretariat: A Brief History
Thant Myint-U and Amy Scott | | ISBN: 978-0-937722-99-2
$16.95 |
| 2007/155 pages Distributed for the International Peace Institute |
DESCRIPTION
Reform of the UN Secretariat has been a subject of debate for nearly as long as the UN has existed. Providing much-needed background for more informed discussions of the subject, this new book provides a concise history of the Secretariat—a little understood, but critically important part of the UN system.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thant Myint-U has served at the UN in three peacekeeping operations, in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Department of Political Affairs, and on the research staff of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (HLPOTCC). Amy Scott is an associate at the International Peace Institute.
CONTENTS
- Foreword—Terje Rød-Larsen.
- IMAGINING THE SECRETARIAT.
- Trygve Lie.
- Dag Hammarskjöld.
- U Thant.
- Kurt Waldheim.
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
- Kofi Annan.
- SUMMARY OBSERVATIONS.
- APPENDIXES.
- The Secretariat in 2006.
- UN Expenditures and Staffing.
- Chapter XV of the UN Charter.
- UN Reform Proposals since 1960.
"A concise, cogent and realistic account.... [It] should also help to dispel some widely accepted misconceptions of this complex and sometimes controversial subject."—Sir Brian Urquhart, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs