Theme

United Nations

The United Nations (UN), established in 1945, is an international organization with states as members.

The UN functions both as an arena for states to negotiate international rules and norms, and as an actor set to monitor these rules and engage in activities to further specific goals, such as peacekeeping operations and humanitarian relief. The UN is unique among international organizations because it represents the most encompassing and ambitious attempt to institutionalize cooperation and to regulate inter-state relations through rules. The UN consists of a General Assembly where all member states are represented, a Security Council, and a Secretariat. The broader UN system is made up of programme and funds like the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and specialized agencies like the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

At NUPI, central areas of research on the UN include:

the evolution of norms of non-intervention
the politics of the UN Security Council and the role of global summits
the legitimacy and efficacy of the UN’s operational activities

News about united nations

EPON at Stockholm Forum for Peace and Development 2019
31 May 2019
- - Henriette Ullavik Erstad
On 14-16 May 2019, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-hosted the 2019 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development titled ‘From crisis response to peacebuilding: Achieving synergies’.

Peace operations Africa Conflict resolution United Nations Opprørsgrupper
New book: UN Peace Operations in a Changing Global Order

23 Oct 2018

In this book launch interview, editors Mateja Peter and Cedric de Coning reflect upon findings from their most recent book, identifying four global transformations and their implications for UN peace operations.

Peace operations United Nations International organizations Conflict resolution
Four global transformations are changing UN peace operations
23 Oct 2018
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
The global order is changing – how will that uncertainty impact UN peace operations?

United Nations Peace operations International organizations Conflict resolution

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Publications about united nations

Publication : ARTIKKEL
United Nations Stabilization Operations: Chapter Seven and a Half
2019
- - John Karlsrud
The UN Security Council has in recent years included the term ‘stabilization’ in the name of the operations deployed to Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Central African Republic. But, are they stabilization operations? Although the concept has become increasingly popular in the UN context,...
Security policy United Nations
Publication
Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
2019
- - Natasja Rupesinghe
- - John Karlsrud
This report assesses the extent to which the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is achieving its current strategic objectives, and the impact the Mission has had on the political and security situation in Mali. Until 2016 MINUSMA managed to strengthen stability in...
United Nations
Publication : NUPI Report

The Politics of Stability: Cement and Change in Cyber Affairs

2019
In November 2018, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, inaugurated one year earlier ‘to develop proposals for norms and policies to enhance international security and stability and guide responsible state and non-state behavior in cyberspace’, launched six norms pointing ‘the way to...
Cyber Security policy