Addresses the central theme of adjusting the United Nations system in light of, firstly, the broadening definition of security, secondly, a perceived shift from modernity to post- modernity; and finally, the contemporary debate about reform, adaptation and institutional learning in multilateral institutions.

This volume addresses the central theme of adjusting the United Nations system in light of, firstly, the broadening definition of security, secondly, a perceived shift from modernity to post-modernity; and finally, the contemporary debate about reform, adaptation and institutional learning in multilateral institutions during transnational periods. The UN has not been successful in learning appropriate lessons that could facilitate requisite changes to its structure and operations. Thus the authors in this study focus on the lessons learned from the organizations' recent performance in collective security, preventative diplomacy, preventative deployment, peacekeeping, peacemaking, peace maintenance, and international legal, environmental and trade regulation .

List of Acronyms
Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword
J.Krasno
Part I: Conceptualizing Change In The UN
Introduction: Adapting the United Nations
W.A. Knight
Requirements of Multilateral Governance for Promoting Human Security in a Postmodern Era
R.A. Coate, W.A.Knight &
A.I.Maximenko
Learning in the UN: W.A.Knight
Part II: Adaptations Of UN Primary Concepts And Instruments
Collective Security: Changing Conceptions and Institutional Adaptation
E.M.Smith
Possibilities for Preventative Diplomacy, Early Warning and Global Monitoring in the Post Cold War Era, or the Limits to Global Structural Change
M.G.Schechter
The UN and Preventative Deployment in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
A.Williams
Intervention and Peace-building in Somalia: Constraints and Possibilities
W.A.Knight &
K.Gebemariam
International Criminal Law Enforcement
J.Chopra
Part III: Cases
UN Fact-finding in a Postmodern World: Potential for Arms Limitations and Confidence Building
A.A.Latham
Disarming Iraq? United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and the Future of Multilateralism
C.Ankersen
The Civilian Police Element in UN Peacekeeping: The Case of Haiti
J.Harston
The Neutralization of Protracted Conflicts: The Case of UNTAC
S.Peou
Pivots of Peace: UN Transnational Operations
D.R.Black
The UN and NATO's War: the Fallout from Kosovo
T.Keating
Improving the Capacity of the UN Human Rights System
D.L.Donoho
Environmental Security: Finding the Balance
C.Tinker
Changing the Global Trade Structure: from 'Harmonization' to a new 'Interface Principle'
G.R.Martin
Rethinking Instead of Tinkering: an Ethical Consensus and General Lessons
W.A.Knight &
J.Masciulli
Index