{"id":2632,"date":"2018-05-25T15:34:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T05:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/mun\/?page_id=2632"},"modified":"2018-05-25T15:34:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T05:34:04","slug":"week-3-un-reform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/mun\/module-1-about-the-united-nations\/week-3-un-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 UN reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"The_United_Nations_and_Reform\">The United Nations and Reform<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/mun\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<br \/>\nIn this week you will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Learn about some current debates about the UN structure, and\n<\/li>\n<li> Learn about reform proposals for the UN.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>To prepare for your tutorials this week you should:<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Complete the reading and watch the video\n<\/li>\n<li> Complete the activities\n<\/li>\n<li> Complete the extension activities if you have time.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Reading_and_Resources\">Reading and Resources<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Engel, Susan. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Engel,_Susan._UN_Reform_An_Overview_of_Debates_March_2018.pdf\">UN Reform: An Overview of Debates<\/a> March 2018 OpenUOW.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch this short video on UN Security Council Reform\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425px\" height=\"355px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Ywr4_Sg0qg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> Al Jazeera English 2014<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Extension_Reading\">Extension Reading<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Global Policy Forum, <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/un-reform.html\">UN reform page<\/a> &#8211; this website has a range of resources on different aspects of UN reform.\n<\/p>\n<p>Schlichtmann, Klaus, 2011, <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scirp.org\/journal\/PaperDownload.aspx?DOI=10.4236\/blr.2011.22010\">An Enduring Concept for Security Council Reform<\/a>, Beijing Law Review, Vol 2 pp. 97-110, accessed on 26th February 2014\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/mun\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Activity<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Think about these questions, write some notes down and bring them to class or post a comment on twitter to your Facebook group or #UOWMUN.\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Research other models of UN reform, and write one paragraph on a model that has not been presented in your course material.\n<\/li>\n<li> Is the UN a viable institution that can be reformed, or should it be removed?\n<\/li>\n<li> Is world governance a viable option for solving the world&#8217;s problems?\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"Extension exercise\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/mun\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Shashi Tharoor, delivering the Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture at the Sanford School at Duke University on 3rd January 2007. Tharoor was previously an Under-Secretary General at the United Nations.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425px\" height=\"355px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJ3lelrfkr4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.055 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.060 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 129\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 826\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2809\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1109\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 5\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:165011-0!*!*!!en!2!* and timestamp 20180524220519 and revision id 1047041\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/mun\/mun\/module-1-about-the-united-nations\/week-2-the-un-today\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/mun\/mun\/m2-doing-country-research\/about-country-research\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations and Reform Reading and Resources Engel, Susan. UN Reform: An Overview of Debates March 2018 OpenUOW. Watch this short video on UN Security Council Reform Al Jazeera English 2014 Extension Reading Global Policy Forum, UN reform page &#8211; this website has a range of resources on different aspects of UN reform. 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