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The Political Framework of the United Nations' Financial Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Inis L. Claude Jr
Inis L. Claude Jr
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Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, and is a member of the Board of Editors of International Organization.
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It has frequently been asserted that the financial problem of the United Nations is, in reality, a political problem. This proposition contains enough truth to serve us well, provided it is used not to dispose of the problem but to introduce serious consideration of it. Properly conceived, the political emphasis does not entail the denial of the meaningfulness and significance of the financial issue, but rather suggests the nature of the context within which that issue must be examined, and proposed solutions must be evaluated. Without an understanding of the political background of the fiscal difficulties of the United Nations and the political determinants of its future role in world affairs, one cannot deal intelligently with the problems and prospects of the Organization's treasury.

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International Organization , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , Autumn 1963 , pp. 831 - 859
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1963

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References

1 “Introduction to the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, June 16, 1960–June 15, 1961,” General Assembly Official Records (16th session), Supplement No. 1A, p. 1.

2 Ibid.

3 “Introduction to the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, June 16, 1959–June 15, 1960,” General Assembly Official Records (15th session), Supplement No. 1A, pp. 4–5.

4 Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter), Advisory Opinion of July 20, 1962: I.C.J. Reports 1962, p. 151.

5 See Leo, Gross, “Expenses of the United Nations for Peace-Keeping Operations: The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice,” International Organization, Winter 1963 (Vol. 17, No.1), pp. 5–6.Google Scholar

6 Speech by the Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan in the House of Commons, December 14, 1961. Official text, mimeographed, supplied by the British Information Services, New York, December 19, 1961.