NGOs and the United Nations: Institutionalization, Professionalization and Adaptation

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 9
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Foreword......Page 15
1 NGOs, International Relations and the UN System – Introductory Observations......Page 18
NGO participation in global affairs......Page 19
Theoretical approaches to NGO–IGO relations......Page 22
Contributions of this study......Page 24
Organization of the book......Page 27
Current theoretical approaches to NGO–IGO relations......Page 29
Transnational relations......Page 30
Transsocietal approaches......Page 32
NGOs in the UN System......Page 33
NGO activities in the UN system......Page 34
Institutionalizing NGO–UN relations......Page 37
Categories of internationally operating NGOs......Page 42
Case selection......Page 50
Summary......Page 60
NGO activities with the UN and new opportunities for interaction......Page 62
Policy initiating activities......Page 63
Policy developing processes......Page 66
Policy implementing practices......Page 69
Exploring individual cases of NGOs and their activities with the UN......Page 71
Amnesty International: shifting priorities in its UN activities......Page 72
FIDH: deepening established areas of activity......Page 86
CARE International: broadening the spectrum of interaction......Page 90
Oxfam International: acting individualistically with the UN......Page 96
Other NGOs......Page 102
Summary......Page 107
General observations about NGO representation to the UN......Page 112
NGO representation at the UN today......Page 113
NGO representatives at the UN in total......Page 115
Amnesty International: mobilizing resources for its UN representation......Page 116
FIDH: using limited resources to its advantage......Page 124
CARE International: increasing investment in its UN representation......Page 128
Oxfam International: only few resources mobilized......Page 132
Other NGOs......Page 135
Summary......Page 138
General observations on consultative status of NGOs at the UN......Page 142
Previous resolutions on NGO–UN relations and current legal foundations......Page 143
NGOs and the consultative status today......Page 145
Selection process of NGOs......Page 147
Withdrawal of consultative status as a threat......Page 149
Consultative status – two sides of the same coin?......Page 150
Amnesty International: consultative status as an entrance key......Page 152
FIDH: dependence on formal status as mouthpiece......Page 155
CARE International: consultative status as lowering bureaucratic hurdles......Page 161
Oxfam International: little significance of consultative status......Page 163
Other NGOs......Page 165
Summary......Page 168
Conceptualization and theoretical frame......Page 172
Adjustments in NGO patterns of activity with the UN......Page 174
NGO representation and representatives......Page 175
Rules and regulations for NGO accreditation at the UN level......Page 177
Contribution of this study and future prospects......Page 179
Notes......Page 182
References......Page 191
C......Page 212
I......Page 213
N......Page 214
S......Page 215
Z......Page 216