Irrelevant or indispensable? the United Nations in the twenty-first century

Papers from a conference titled: The UN : Adapting to the 21st Century, held April 4, 2005, in Waterloo, Ont.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction / Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff -- 2. The United Nations : adapting to the twenty-first century / Louise Frechette -- 3. The Millennium Project : from words to action / Jeffrey Sachs -- 4. UN reform and the high-level panel report on threats, challenges, and change / David Hannay -- 5. Implementing the Secretary General's report, "in larger freedom" / Bruce Jones -- 6. The Monterrey Consensus : developing the policy innovations / Nitin Desai -- 7. Ensuring adequate resources to meet the millennium development goals / John W. McArthur -- 8. WMD and terrorism : can the UN help to keep the genie in the bottle? / Jayantha Dhanapala -- 9. Legal and legitimate use of force under the UN Charter : a critical analysis of the report of the high-level panel / Tom Farer -- 10. Small arms, big killers / Keith Krause -- 11. Freedom from fear : effective, efficient, and equitable security / Ramesh Thakur -- 12. The UN reform agenda and human rights / Kenneth Roth -- 13. The UN Security Council : reform or enlarge? / Edward C. Luck -- 14. Working better together : implementing the high-level panel's recommendations on peacebuilding / Shepard Forman -- 15. Making the case for change / Lloyd Axworthy -- 16. Managing the reform agenda : a call for timely action / Jean Ping -- 17. The way forward / Paul Heinbecker.