Secretary or General?: The UN Secretary-General in World Politics

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Foreword......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction: secretary or general?......Page 17
Structure of the book......Page 22
PART I: Defining and refining the job description......Page 29
1 The evolution of the Secretary-General......Page 31
Trygve Lie, 1946–1952......Page 33
Dag Hammarskjöld, 1953–1961......Page 35
U Thant, 1961–1971......Page 39
Kurt Waldheim, 1972–1981......Page 41
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992–1996......Page 42
Kofi Annan, 1997–2006......Page 43
The changing role......Page 45
Looking forward......Page 47
2 “The most impossible job” description......Page 49
3 Selecting the world’s diplomat......Page 63
The appointment process......Page 64
In practice......Page 66
The veto......Page 68
Qualifications for appointment......Page 70
Term of office......Page 71
The timing of the appointment decision......Page 72
Regional rotation......Page 74
The Deputy Secretary-General......Page 77
Evolution of the process in 2006......Page 78
Conclusion......Page 81
PART II: Maintaining peace and security......Page 83
4 Relations with the Security Council......Page 85
Cold War Secretaries-General: balancing the superpowers......Page 87
A unipolar world: the new “core duty” of smooth cooperation with the United States......Page 94
A new type of bipolarity at the United Nations?......Page 99
5 Good offices and “groups of friends”......Page 102
Good offices, means, and resources......Page 103
Friends of the Secretary-General: early days......Page 105
New challenges, new groups......Page 108
The Secretary-General in the driving seat......Page 112
Towards conclusions......Page 116
6 The bully pulpit......Page 118
Sound bites......Page 120
Filling normative vacuums......Page 123
In practice......Page 126
Principles, power, and effectiveness......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 135
PART III: Normative and political dilemmas......Page 137
7 The Secretary-General as norm entrepreneur......Page 139
Norm entrepreneurship in international politics......Page 140
Kofi Annan as norm entrepreneur......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 153
8 Pope, pharaoh, or prophet? The Secretary-General after the Cold War......Page 155
Boutros-Ghali and Annan......Page 156
The secular Pope......Page 158
The stubborn pharaoh......Page 160
The southern prophet......Page 163
African prophet or American poodle?......Page 167
Conclusion......Page 171
9 Leader, clerk, or policy entrepreneur? The Secretary-General in a complex world......Page 174
The Secretary-General as diplomat......Page 179
The Secretary-General as policy-maker in a world of regulation......Page 189
The Secretary-General, ethics, and the end of universalism......Page 193
PART IV: Independence and the future......Page 199
Rules and entrepreneurs......Page 201
Annan ascendant......Page 207
Twilight of the idols......Page 213
11 The Secretary-General in a unipolar world......Page 218
“Less interesting” matters......Page 219
The United States: constant critic?......Page 222
The Secretary-General as world leader?......Page 230
A call for modesty......Page 243
12 Resolving the contradictions of the office......Page 248
Secretary or general?......Page 249
Compromised candidates......Page 251
Neither secretary nor general......Page 252
Speaking truth to power......Page 254
Article 98......Page 257
Article 101......Page 258
2 Report of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, 23 December 1945......Page 259
Terms of Appointment of the Secretary-General......Page 262
Seventeenth plenary meeting, 24 January 1946......Page 263
4 The “Wisnumurti Guidelines” for Selecting a Candidate for Secretary-General, 12 November 1996......Page 264
3. Submission of candidate(s)......Page 265
5. Decision-making process......Page 266
Rule 141 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly......Page 267
XIX. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL......Page 269
Introduction......Page 270
Matters of Process......Page 271
The Role of the Security Council and the General Assembly......Page 272
Next Steps......Page 273
Annex A: Selection of the UNSG – Charter Provisions and Practice in the Security Council and General Assembly......Page 274
Cluster II. Selection of the Secretary-General......Page 276
Select Bibliography......Page 278
Index......Page 286