Transforming the United Nations System: Designs for a Workable Workable World.

SCHWARTZBERG, Joseph E. [Madeleine Albright].

$400.00

Item Number: 149061

New York: United Nations University Press, 2013.

First edition of Schwartzberg’s examination of the structural limitations of the United Nations. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “June 2016 To Madeleine Albright, With hope for a more workable and better world. Joe Schwartzberg.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don’t need any of those three “Ds” to happen.” After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. For Albright’s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown from, “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Cover design by Ian Youngs.

​In Transforming the United Nations System: Designs for a Workable World, Joseph E. Schwartzberg critically examines the structural limitations of the United Nations and proposes comprehensive reforms to enhance its efficacy in addressing global challenges. He argues that the current one nation–one vote system in most UN agencies does not accurately reflect the global distribution of power, and that the Security Council's composition is both outdated and inequitable. Schwartzberg advocates for a more representative and equitable decision-making framework, suggesting reforms that would enable the UN to better manage issues such as peacekeeping, human rights, and sustainable development. His proposals aim to transform the UN into a more effective and legitimate institution capable of responding to the complexities of the modern world.