The growing UN edifice
Journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Year: 2019

The first chapter describes the origins of what has become a complex edifice, tracing some of its antecedents to the League of Nations and even before. The chapter is a reminder of the dominant influence of the US in the UN’s creation and subsequent expansion: mostly positive but also obstructive at times. In its founding, however, there were some built-in constraints which have never been overcome and which have frustrated many subsequent reform efforts. This chapter traces the origin of the ma