Australia's role in United Nations reform / Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
- Bib ID:
- 2530189
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
- Online Version:
- Description:
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- Canberra : Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2001
- xxx, 308 pages ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642366446 (paperback)
- Series:
- Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 2001, no. 115
- Summary:
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The terms of reference for this report are: to inquire into and report on the role of the United Nations and Australia's relationship with the organisation in the post Cold War environment, with particular reference to: The increasing demand for and provision of peacekeeping operations to address internal disputes within states and the subsequent need for humanitarian relief and support for refugees; The role of the United Nations in the period of transition following peacekeeping operations and in the reconstruction of civil societies; The implications of increasing intervention in internal disputes for national sovereignty, as defined under Article 2 of the Charter of the UN; The suitability of developing a standing army for the United Nations; The possible devolution of responsibility for restoring and maintaining peace to regionally based UN operations and coalitions of the willing.
The capacity of the UN to protect human rights as a basic requirement of the Charter, as preventative diplomacy and to address war crimes and crimes of genocide; The viability of the International Criminal Court; The proposals for reform of the structure of the UN, in particular the security Council, the specialised agencies, the supporting bureaucracy and the relationship between the security and humanitarian/human rights arms of the organisation; The funding shortfall; and Australia's role in and response to the United Nations.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The role and purpose of the United Nations
- 2. The structure of the United nations: facts and figures
- 3. Peace operations
- 4. A United Nations standing army
- 5. The role of the United Nations in reconstruction
- 6. Prevention action and aid
- 7. Human rights
- 8. The International Criminal Court
- 9. The structural reform of the UN
- 10. The financial reform of the United Nations
- 11. Australia and the United Nations.
- Notes:
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- "June 2001" -- T.p.
- Chair: Sen. A. B. Ferguson and Sen. D.J. MacGibbon.
- Cat. No. 01114130
- Also published as a Parliamentary paper.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available online via the World Wide Web.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1607639894
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- Commonwealth of Australia 2001.
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