Making the United Nations Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Quincy Wright (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1946 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 528-532 |
| Publication date | 1946-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500045150 |
| OpenAlex | W2091775376 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The United Nations is a transitional organization. It includes in its structure aspects of several types of world organization. The privileged position of the great powers suggests that it is a world empire governed by these powers.The broad principles stated in the preamble and the first two articles providing for pacific settlements of disputes, forbidding aggressive wars, requiring cooperation in suppressing such war, encouraging international cooperation, and protecting the domestic jurisdiction of all states suggests that the United Nations may rely primarily on moral principles. The fact that there are five great powers, each with a veto vote on the use of sanctions, suggests that the success of the organization depends upon maintaining a balance of power among these states. Finally, the provisions concerning human rights and cooperation for human welfare through the Economic and Social Council, together with the important position given the International Court of Justice, look in the direction of world federation
Balance (ability · Economics · Human rights · Human settlement · International law · Jurisdiction · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Preamble · Sanctions · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Veto · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 1970 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |