简介:TALL,refinedandsmart,KhalidMalikofPakistanistheUnitedNationsResidentCoordinatorandUNDPResidentRepre-sentativeinChina.HeandhisAmericanwifehavelivedinChinaforthreeyears.Mr.Malikleadsahecticworkinglife:Everyweekheattendsvariousconferences,forumsandlecturestoconveyUNSecretaryGeneralKofiAnnan's
简介:KofiAnnan,aGhanaiancareerdiplomat,hassucceededBoutrosBoutros-Ghali,anEgyptian,asthenewSecretary-generaloftheUnitedNationsforafive-yearterm.ThishasensuredcontinuedtopUNadministrativeleadershipforAfrica.Incidentally,Mr.AnnanisalsothefirstUNSecretary-generalfromsub-SaharanAfrica.
简介:TheauthorityandefficiencyoftheUnitedNationshaveweakenedleadingtoaseriousdeficitinglobalgovernance.AUnitedNationswithstrongerrepresentativeandoperationalpowersisneededtoconstructthemoreopen,inclusive,collaborativeandeffectiveframeworkrequiredforglobalgovernanceinthe21stcentury.ChinashouldandwillplayaleadingroleintheUN'sfutureefforts.
简介:Asamaincomponentofinternationalhumanrightsdocuments,theUnitedNationscorehumanrightsconventionsshowobviousformalandsubstancecommonalities.TheformalcommonalitiesconsistintheirbeingadoptedbyUNGeneralAssemblyandtheirsimilarityinstructure,subjectsandsystems.Theircommonalitiesinsubstanceincludethesimilarityofcontents,thehomogeneityoftheproceduralmechanismsandthecomplementarynatureoftheirnormativeinterpretation.ThecommonalitiesamongtheUN’scorehumanrightstreatiesistheinevitablerequirementoftheuniversalityandwholenessofhumanrights.
简介:UnitedNationsSecretaryGeneralKofiA.AnnanisgoingtocompletehissecondtermofofficebyDecember31thisyear.Althoughthedayissometimeaway,competitionforthepositionofthenextsecretarygeneralhasunfoldedwithinandoutsidetheUnitedNations.Giventheimportanceofthepostwhichhasabearingontheorientationandfuturedevelopmentoftheorganization,andduetothedifferentapproachesandpoliciestakenbythepartiesconcerned,thereisboundtobeasharpcontentionamongthevariousparties.
简介:ThepresentpaperreviewstheUNimportanteffortstopromoteglobalsustainabledevelopmentinthechronologicalordersinceUNConferenceonHumanEnvironmentin1972,andanalyzestheprogressandgap.TheresultsshowthattheUNsystemhasmadegreateffortsforglobalsustainabledevelopmentsincetheUNConferenceonHumanEnvironment,especiallysinceUNConferenceonEnvironmentandDevelopment,promotedtheformationofimportantconsensusandmultilateralinternationalconventionsonmanyfields,boostedthedevelopmentofpartnershipinthefieldofsustainabledevelopment,andacceleratedactionsforsustainabledevelopmentofmanycountriesandregions.However,atpresent,theprogressmadeisstillfarbelowthelevelrequired,prominentlyreflectedintheslowprogresstowardthemillen-niumdevelopmentgoals,thedifficultiesinnegotiationsinthefieldofenvironmentanddevelopment,insufficientfulfillmentofinternationalagreementsandconventions,andundesirableeffectsofpartnershipinthefieldofsustainabledevelopment.Basedonthese,thepaperputsforwardfoursuggestionsforUNConferenceonSustainableDevelopmentin2012(Rio+20):(1)torevitalizethe'spiritofRio'andacceleratetheimplementationofexistingpoliti-calcommitments;(2)tomakenewpoliticalcommitmentsfocusingonclimatechangeandothermajorglobalchallengesundertheRioprinciples;(3)tolayoutablueprintofgreeneconomyundertheRioprinciples;and(4)topromoteSouth-Southcooperationasthefocusofinternationalcooperation.