Our Global Neighborhood:

The Report of the Commission on Global Governance

From The Publisher:

As we approach the next century, a new world is taking shape. This world presents new dangers, new problems, and new challenges. But it also offers the real hope of creating a safer and more equitable era. The future is now in our hands. Our Global Neighbourhood points a way into the 21st century: it projects a strong world vision that is people-centred; it stresses the need for shared values, a global civic ethic, and enlightened leadership to guide people and nations in the global neighbourhood. It explores the challenges facing humanity and offers considered proposals: to promote the security of people and the planet, to manage the global economy, to reform the United Nations, and to strengthen the rule of law world-wide. The Commission on Global Governance is an independent group of 28 leaders with diverse experience and responsibilities. Their task has been to suggest ways in which our global community could better manage its affairs in a new time in human history. Our Global Neighbourhood is their collective response. Published in the 50^th anniversary year of the founding of the United Nations, this book is essential reading about the future of the world and the fate of generations to come.

Co-Chairmen's Foreword

A New World

        The Concept of Global Governance
        The Phenomenon of Change
        Military Transformations
        Economic Trends
        Social and Environmental Change
        Enlightened Leadership

Values for the Global Neighbourhood

        Neighbourhood Realities
        Neighbourhood Values
        A Global Civic Ethic
        Adapting Old Norms

Promoting Security

        The Changed Nature of Global Security
        Principles of Security for a New Era
        The Obligation to Take Action
        Anticipating and Preventing Crises
        Responding to Crises
        Ending the Threat of Mass Destruction
        Demilitarizing International Society

Managing Economic Interdependence

        Challenges to Global Economic Governance
        The Case for Multilateralism
        Rules for Trade and International Competition
        The IMF and Global Economic Stability
        Development Assistance and the Fight Against Poverty
        Migration
        Protecting the Environment
        Financing Global Governance

Reforming the United Nations

        We, the Peoples
        The Security Council
        The General Assembly
        Trusteeship of the Global Commons
        Global Civil Society
        The Economic and Social Sectors
        Regionalism
        Supplementing 'Constitutional Change'

Strengthening the Rule of Law World-Wide

        Unfulfilled Potential
        Strengthening International Law
        The Security Council and the World Court
        An International Criminal Court
        Enforcing International Law
        Promoting International Law

A Call to Action

        Summary of Commission Proposals
        The Next Steps
        The Need for Leadership
        The Commission and Its Work
        Bibliography
        Sources for Figures
        Index

Publication details

ISBN: 0198279973, Oxford University Press, Inc., February 1995