Publishers | : | Earthscan, London | Edited by | : | UBUNTU Forum Scretariat | Title | : | Reforming International Institutions: Another World is possible | Year of Publication | : | 2009 | Pages | : | 290 | ISBN | : | 9781844078110 | Reviewer | : | Krishna B. Misra | Status | : | Review published in IJPE, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2012, p. 66.
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The book is organized in five parts comprising the following 15 chapters followed by List of Figures and Contributors, Preface, Prologue and list of Acronyms and Abbreviations: Part I : The World Campaign: Context and Stages | Chapter 1 | By way of Introduction :The World Forum of Civil Society Networks- UBUNTU | 14 Pages | Chapter 2 | The World Campaign for In-depth Reform of the System of International Institutions | 11 Pages | Part II: Analysis | Chapter 3 | Analysis of the Evolution of the Proposals for the Reform of the System of International Institutions | 25 Pages | Chapter 4 | World Democratic Governance | 26 Pages | Chapter 5 | The 2006 War in Lebanon and the Role of the United Nations | 06 Pages | Part III: The Proposals- in General | Chapter 6 | Proposals for the Reform of the System of International Institutions. Future Scenarios | 19 Pages | Chapter 7 | Proposals for the Reform of the System of International Institutions to Make Another World Possible | 04 Pages | Chapter 8 | Reforming the UN and other International Institutions | 05 Pages | Part IV : The Proposals-Arranged by Themes | Chapter 9 | Concerning Two International Conferences, Two Different Yet Complimentary Momentums for the Progress Along the Analytical and Propositive Path towards the In-depth Reform of our International Institutions | 05 Pages | Chapter 10 | Proposals for a New Architecture for the System of International Institutions for Democratic Worldwide Governance | 70 Pages | Chapter 11 | Proposals on Reforming the General Assembly of the UN and the World Parliament | 35 Pages | Chapter 12 | Proposals on Institutional Reforms for Peace, Disarmament, Security for People, Global Justice and Human Rights | 17 Pages | Chapter 13 | Proposals on Institutional Reforms for the World Social, Environmental and Economic Well-being; or the Dialectics of Development, the Environment, Finance and Trade | 32 Pages | Chapter 14 | An Open Letter to the New Secretary- General of the UN: Mr Ban Ki-Moon; and the Three Broad in a Process of In-depth Reform of the System of International Institutions | 03 Pages | Part V: How can Progress be Made Towards Global Democratic Governance | Chapter 15 | A Multi-actor Socio-political, Global Movement for Global Democratic Governance | 07 Pages | Notes and References | 04 Pages | Index | 12 Pages |
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There is no denying of the fact that international organizations such as the United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council), the World Trade Organization (WTO), IMF, WB etc have enough scope of restructuring and reforms in order to achieve greater democratic governance to tackle the several challenges facing the world, today and to make these organizations more effective. This book prepared under the auspices of the World Forum of Civil Society Networks – UBUNTU comprises contributions by leading personalities of the world that includes United Nations past Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros Ghali and Mr Joseph Xercavin who has been first academic director of the Master degree in Sustainability at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) and also created an interdisciplinary doctoral programme in Sustainability. He became the chief organizer of the Ad Hoc Secretariat of the UBUNTU- World Forum of Civil Society Network. Our interest in the book arises from environmental and sustainability initiatives that the world organizations had taken from time to tome but failed to achieve consensus and much-needed visible progress due to lack of effectiveness of these bodies. The book provides a diverse and rich resource on all aspects of the reform of the international organizations. This UBUNTU book makes a significant contribution to informing the world citizens of how conditions for a much more just, democratic and sustainable world can be created. This initiative from UBUNTU Forum is well intentioned and non-confrontational and is likely to convince political leaders and officials from international organizations to achieve a common goal of ensuring a safer, prosperous, healthier, and sustainable world. This book published by Earthscan, London as is clear from the table of contents, is very well-structured and well-documented and must be read by all citizens of the world who care about the survival and well-being of this planet.
- Krishna B. Misra
Review published in the International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 1, January, 2012, p.66.
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