Scholars' and academics' Opinions
The academic critics of reform to the United Nations system recognize that change is difficult, especially since it is such a complex organization. Change is necessary but is it realistically possible in an organization that was established after World War II. The United States governments says that the United States should have more control in the United Nations and its operations because of the large contributions it gives to the organization but that would not be favorable to smaller nations. These smaller nations do not have as much to offer the United Nations financially but they are often the regions that need the most help. That is why they agree with a more liberal approach to reform. Stephen Schlesinger sees that the United Nations "is an inflexible institution set in its ways and unwilling to change". Schlesinger and many other critics of the United Nations system see that political power relates directly to the structure of the United Nations. The current organization may be impairing in the process of creating a system that effectively fulfills all the goals of the original United Nations charter.
Reform for policy in the United Nations has six main steps. The first step is to find a group of national leaders who are willing to give up their personal goals in order to help global unification. The second step is to make a commission that deals with threats, challenges, and change. This commission is crucial in the initial creation of the organization. The third step is for the secretary general to create policy steps that the members consider. The fourth step is for the members to discuss their viewpoints on certain issues and plan how to deal with the issues. The fifth step is for the organization to come to a consensus about what to do but that is rarely accomplished. Finally the reform policy is enacted and then the implementation process is started.
There are very few circumstances where a policy goes past the fifth step and this is only in reform policy. Changing the whole system would require a consensus on how the system would change, who it would benefit, who would control the system and many other crucial decisions that would effect global policy. Change may be needed in the system but the individual governments would never come to a consensus about how this change should occur.
Reform for policy in the United Nations has six main steps. The first step is to find a group of national leaders who are willing to give up their personal goals in order to help global unification. The second step is to make a commission that deals with threats, challenges, and change. This commission is crucial in the initial creation of the organization. The third step is for the secretary general to create policy steps that the members consider. The fourth step is for the members to discuss their viewpoints on certain issues and plan how to deal with the issues. The fifth step is for the organization to come to a consensus about what to do but that is rarely accomplished. Finally the reform policy is enacted and then the implementation process is started.
There are very few circumstances where a policy goes past the fifth step and this is only in reform policy. Changing the whole system would require a consensus on how the system would change, who it would benefit, who would control the system and many other crucial decisions that would effect global policy. Change may be needed in the system but the individual governments would never come to a consensus about how this change should occur.