The United Nations and the regions : third world report on regional integration

pt. 1. Regional actorness and representation: Sovereignty's evolution : the role of regions - Regional convergence in a transnational world / Carlos Pascual and Holly Benner ; The contribution of the regional UN economic commissions to regional integration processes : the case of ECLAC / Edgard Moncayo Jiménez ; Breaking the deadlock of regional bloc politics : cross-regional coalitions and human rights in the UNGA / Robert Kissack ; Measuring regional actorness at the UN Security Council : the EU as a paragon of complexity / Edith Drieskens ; Weighted regional representation as a basis for Security Council reform / Joseph E. Schwartzberg ; Regionalisation, transnational democracy and United Nations reform : a viewpoint / Hans Köchler -- pt. 2. Regional organisations and peace and security: The UN and regional organisations for peace : tracking a slippery partnership / Luk Van Langenhove, Tânia Felício and Ademola Abass ; The UN and the League of Arab States : a point of view on future interaction / Amre Moussa ; UN cooperation with regional organisations in peacekeeping operations / Ademola Abass ; The false promise of regional organizations? / Rodrigo Tavares ; From international and regional organisations to global public policy / Jean-Marc Coicaud and Jin Zhang ; Hybrid missions : a promising model resolving the global-regional debate / Vesselin Popovski and Annette Fath-Lihic ; ASEAN, the United Nations, and the security of Southeast Asia : problems, prospects, and paradox / Seng Tan ; The UN and regional organisations : finding a balance between the UN and the African Union in dealing with peace and security in Africa / Marie Muller and Maxi Schoeman -- pt. 3. Regional organisations, human security, sustainable development and human rights: Reconceptualisation of security and regional dimension of UN activities : towards a mediterranean environmental and human security initiative / Hans Günter Brauch ; The regional input for "Delivering as One" / Kennedy Graham ; UN system-wide coherence and the regions : the quest for reforms / Eric Maertens ; The UN and regional social policy / Bob Deacon ; The UN and the regions : the case of health sector coordination for disaster management in the Caribbean / Geert Haghebaert ; Regionalism and human rights at the UN / Richard Gowan and Franziska Brantner ; Conclusions / Francis Baert, Tânia Felício and Philippe De Lombaerde.

xix, 255 p.

Annexes: 1a. Selected indicators on regional arrangements, economic development and trade -- 1b. Selected indicators on regional arrangements, human development.

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