Who Pushes the United Nations to Act

Recently, the member states of the United Nations elected a new Secretary General: Ban Ki-Moon, the former foreign minister of South Korea. How Ban will act in office is unclear given the vague definition of the Secretary General's role in the UN charter. Will he act like a “secretary” or like a “general” (Chesterman 2007)? Will he be a source of great influence on the policies of the United Nations, like Dag Hammarskjöld, or will he choose to act like Kurt Waldheim and restrict himself to implementing the duties assigned to him? Kent Kille's From Manager to Visionary examines why some Secretaries General try to actively use the powers that the office provides when responding to threats to peace and security, whereas others tend to be much less proactive. Kille argues that the personal leadership styles of the Secretaries General affect how these individuals perform their duties. He clearly demarcates the scope of this study. He is examining the attempts by UN leaders to influence decisions, not the eventual impact that these actions might have

Charter · General assembly · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science · Secretary general · Security council · Sociology · United Nations Charter · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Public Administration

• Comparing foreign policies

  James N Rosenau•Comparing foreign policies:…•1974

  Add to list