Permanent Missions to the United Nations

Most of the literature on the United Nations so far has concentrated on the policies of the organization or the activities of its formal organs. Little has been written about the functioning of one of its important informal institutions, the permanent mission. This lack may be because the permanent missions were not explicitly provided for in the Charter,1 or, more likely, because they have been among the least visible instruments in the functioning of the organization. Yet, as Hammarskjold wrote: . . the permanent representation at headquarters of all member nations and the growing diplomatic contribution of the permanent delegations outside the public meetings . . . may well come to be regarded as the most important common law development which has taken place so far within the constitutional framework of the Charter.2 The personnel of the permanent missions have been at the core of much of the activity in the United Nations, and to discuss the organization without taking note of the role of the permanent mission is to leave a gap in the understanding of that organization and its relationships with its member-governments

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• The international politics of national parks

  Open Access•Karen M O''Neill, Karen M O'Neill et al.•Human Ecology•1996

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• From Sovereign Prerogatives to Metropolitan Rule? The Anarchical Society in the Urban Age

  Open Access•CHRISTIAN BRÜTSCH•International Studies Perspectives•2012

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• Attitudes of diplomats at the United Nations

  Open Access•Manfred Ernst, Manfred Harald Ernst•International Organization•1978

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