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20 - United Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2021

By
Martin Wählisch
Edited by
Jean d'Aspremont  and
John Haskell
Jean d'Aspremont
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
John Haskell
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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In a world that is equally interconnected and divided, the United Nations is under enormous pressure to unite the international community. The aim of the UN Charter to maintain international peace and security while promoting economic and social advancement of all peoples has been praised as the foundation of global constitutionalism, but unilateralist tendencies have been eroding the spirit of universalism in recent times. In this context, the utopia vested into the UN as an ideal for collective security, world governance, and global solidarity increasingly risks to be falling short of reality.

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Tipping Points in International Law
Commitment and Critique
 , pp. 350 - 361
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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