Reforming the United Nations

Joachim Müller is Director for Management and Finance at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna. He was previously with the UN system for 30 years, dealing with resource management. Müller has written extensively on the UN, including the series Reforming the United Nations, 2010, 2006, 2001 (Brill) and is editor of ARUNA (Oxford University Press), an annual series on the UN. He has a doctorate (D.Phil) from Oxford University, Nuffield College.

“'Everything you ever wanted to know about UN reform and more' could be the subtitle of the book. To my knowledge, this is the first complete chronology of the UN reform efforts since its foundation in 1945. Joachim Müller, a long-time UN practitioner and one of the UN’s few intellectual historians, presents a mine of information."-Michael Platzer, Liaison Officer for the Academic Council on the United Nations and Chair Vienna NGO Alliance for Crime Prevention and Criminal JusticeRather than prescribing what should be done, Müller conceptualizes and analyses the dynamics of the UN reform process. Such insight is necessary to understand, develop and implement reform initiatives, which is currently a high priority for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Müller’s book can be regarded as a golden source of information for academic studies in the areas of modern history, political science and international law. It also offers journalists the opportunity to dig thoroughly into any subject of UN-related political interest. May intensive use be made of it and may it have a follow-up in the future. Wolfgang Münch, EJIL 29, issue 1, 2018 (OUP).

• Preface Abbreviations1 Short Introduction to the Structure of the UN2 Summary of Main Reform Initiatives, 1946 to 20151 Trygve Lie (Norway), 1946–1953: Building the FoundationOrganizational Structure, Headquarters and Decentralization New Entities and Subsidiary BodiesFirst Experience in Technical Assistance and Peacekeeping2 Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden), 1953–1961: Cold WarPeacekeeping Becomes EstablishedManagement Reform with Political Overtones3 U Thant (Burma), 1961–1971: The Third WorldPeacekeeping FinancingNew Planning and Budgeting SystemIncrease in MembershipFocus on Development4 Kurt Waldheim (Austria), 1972–1981: The North–South Conflict A New un Structure for Global Economic Co-operation5 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru), 1982–1991: Return to the UNAdministrative and Financial FunctioningRediscovery of the UN6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt), 1992–1996: The New UnityMajor Structural ChangesAn Agenda for PeaceAgenda for Development50th Anniversary of the UN7 Kofi Annan (Ghana), 1997–2006: Focus on Integrity and EfficiencyThe Quiet RevolutionMillennium SummitSecurity Council ReformIn Larger Freedom: Integrity and Efficiency8 Ban Ki-moon (South Korea), 2007–2016: The Limits of the UNSecretariat: Structure, Human Resources and Change PlanPeacekeeping: Structure, Policy and ConductSystem-wide Coherence and “Delivering as One”Capital Master Plan2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development9 Concluding Observations3 Chronology of Main Change EventsAppendix I: Reform Documents1 Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development2 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 AgendaAppendix II: Supporting Information1 Charter of the United Nations 2 Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council 3 Statute of the International Court of Justice4 United Nations Member States5 Security Council Membership6 United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Bibliography on UN Reform Index.