Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global GovernanceWolfgang H. Reinicke, Francis Mading Deng, Jan Martin Witte, International Development Research Centre (Canada) IDRC, 2000 - 141 pages The new global environment requires new approaches, new ideas and innovative tools to address new challenges in areas as different as weapons control, climate change, genetic engineering, and labor standards. Critical Choices looks at one such tool: global public policy networks. In these networks, governments, international organizations, the corporate sector and civil society join together to achieve what none can accomplish on its own. The authors explore both the promises and the limitations of this new form of global cooperation. They discuss how such networks might contribute to better manage the risks and make use of the opportunities that globalization presents. Finally, they offer provocative advice and solid recommendations on how the United Nations can foster such networks in the years ahead. |
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Page vii
... humanity more interdependent . New and exciting opportunities are emerging , as are new risks and new challenges . Undoubtedly , globalization has emerged as the key governance challenge for the 21st century , and making globalization ...
... humanity more interdependent . New and exciting opportunities are emerging , as are new risks and new challenges . Undoubtedly , globalization has emerged as the key governance challenge for the 21st century , and making globalization ...
Page viii
... humanity . It is our task to make these networks work for all , in both North and South . Maureen O'Neil President International Development Research Centre PREFACE The UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy ( viii ++ FOREWORD.
... humanity . It is our task to make these networks work for all , in both North and South . Maureen O'Neil President International Development Research Centre PREFACE The UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy ( viii ++ FOREWORD.
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... human development , human rights , and disarmament ; → UN agencies can act as multilevel network managers by coordi- nating program activities or developing strategies for interacting with appropriate levels of governance ; → UN ...
... human development , human rights , and disarmament ; → UN agencies can act as multilevel network managers by coordi- nating program activities or developing strategies for interacting with appropriate levels of governance ; → UN ...
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... human needs . They are a prime source of water , food , protein , shelter , medicine , fodder , lumber , and soil , and they often provide a basis for tourism as well . Forests also stabilize landscapes and influence water flows , water ...
... human needs . They are a prime source of water , food , protein , shelter , medicine , fodder , lumber , and soil , and they often provide a basis for tourism as well . Forests also stabilize landscapes and influence water flows , water ...
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... human - rights agenda . In a similar manner , the Network on the Development of Guiding Principles for Displacement raised support for its program by using language and norms that had already been approved by states earlier in the ...
... human - rights agenda . In a similar manner , the Network on the Development of Guiding Principles for Displacement raised support for its program by using language and norms that had already been approved by states earlier in the ...
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