- There is increasing public dissatisfaction with the institutions of global governance
- There is increasing public disenchantment with traditional democracy
- The power and confidence of Southern voices have risen dramatically
- The major conferences have begun to level the North-South playing field
- Southern Civil Society Organizations gain protection from the UN in criticizing their governments
- Various new roles offered within the UN system have helped expand Civil Society Organization horizons
- The new political divides are very different from the old
Sunday, December 4, 2011
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UN SYSTEM AND CIVIL SOCIETY - AN INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF PRACTICES
ReplyDeleteBackground Paper for the Secretary-General's Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations Relations with Civil Society
This paper has described the rapid increase in civil society influence within the UN system, coupled with both defensive resistance and innovative welcome on the part of some governments and some officials. The big story, though, is not about how changes in UN procedures have helped or hindered this evolution. In truth, it is not the UN that has changed - but the world. Civil society has become much more prominent in deliberative processes, in policy-making, in shaping world public opinion - and in the affairs of the UN. At least seven factors emerge from our account as influencing this dynamic:
ReplyDeleteThere is increasing public dissatisfaction with the institutions of global governance
There is increasing public disenchantment with traditional democracy
The power and confidence of Southern voices have risen dramatically
The major conferences have begun to level the North-South playing field
Southern Civil Society Organizations gain protection from the UN in criticizing their governments
Various new roles offered within the UN system have helped expand Civil Society Organization horizons
The new political divides are very different from the old