The United Nations and the Regions

1. Introduction
Francis Baert, Tânia Felício, Philippe Lombaerde

2. Sovereignty’s Evolution: The Role of Regions – Regional Convergence in a Transnational World
Carlos Pascual, Holly Benner

3. The Contribution of the Regional UN Economic Commissions to Regional Integration Processes: The Case of ECLAC
Edgard Moncayo Jiménez

4. Breaking the Deadlock of Regional Bloc Politics: Cross-Regional Coalitions and Human Rights in the UNGA
Robert Kissack

5. Measuring Regional Actorness at the UN Security Council: The EU as a Paragon of Complexity
Edith Drieskens

6. Weighted Regional Representation as a Basis for Security Council Reform
Joseph E. Schwartzberg

7. Regionalisation, Transnational Democracy and United Nations Reform: A Viewpoint
Hans Köchler

8. The UN and Regional Organisations for Peace: Tracking a Slippery Partnership
Luk Langenhove, Tânia Felício, Ademola Abass

9. The UN and the League of Arab States: A Point of View on Future Interaction
Amre Moussa

10. UN Cooperation with Regional Organisations in Peacekeeping Operations
Ademola Abass

11. The False Promise of Regional Organisations?
Rodrigo Tavares

12. From International and Regional Organisations to Global Public Policy
Jean-Marc Coicaud, Jin Zhang

13. Hybrid Missions: A Promising Model Resolving the Global-Regional Debate
Vesselin Popovski, Annette Fath-Lihic

14. ASEAN, the United Nations and the Security of Southeast Asia: Problems, Prospects and Paradox
See Seng Tan

15. The UN and Regional Organisations: Finding a Balance Between the UN and the African Union in Dealing with Peace and Security in Africa
Marie Muller, Maxi Schoeman

16. Reconceptualisation of Security and Regional Dimension of UN Activities: Towards a Mediterranean Environmental and Human Security Initiative
Hans Günter Brauch

17. The Regional Input for ‘Delivering as One’
Kennedy Graham

18. UN System-Wide Coherence and the Regions: The Quest for Reforms
Eric Maertens

19. The UN and Regional Social Policy
Bob Deacon

20. The UN and the Regions: The Case of Health Sector Coordination for Disaster Management in the Caribbean
Geert Haghebaert

21. Regionalism and Human Rights at the UN
Richard Gowan, Franziska Brantner

22. Conclusions
Francis Baert, Tânia Felício, Philippe Lombaerde

Keywords: Social Sciences, Political Science, general, History, International Economics