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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

What's next for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS)?
29 Oct 2020
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325. But the important Women, Peace and Security agenda seem to have had a backlash in recent years.

United Nations International organizations Humanitarian issues Sårbare stater Peace operations Conflict resolution Security policy
COVID-19 will change the way the UN conducts peacekeeping operations in the future

19 May 2020

(Forsvarets Forum) The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted UN peacekeeping operations. In the short-term, activities have been reduced to the most critical, rotations have been frozen, and most staff are working remotely. Most of the missions have adapted remarkably...

Peace operations Pandemier United Nations
Sustaining Peace in the time of COVID-19
12 May 2020
- - Jenny Nortvedt
NUPI is present with several events at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development. See them all here!

United Nations International organizations Peace operations Security policy Conflict resolution Nasjonsbygging Pandemier Sårbare stater AU Africa

All news about united nations (total 35)

Publications about united nations

Publication : Report
Intergovernmental checkmate on cyber? Processes on cyberspace in the United Nations
2020
- - Erik Kursetgjerde
Cyberspace is an increasingly controversial field on the international agenda. Despite the fact that processes on the thematic have been going on in the UN since 1998, a more significant international agreement is needed on what basic principles should apply in cyberspace. Small states have the opportunity...
Cyber Utenrikspolitikk United Nations
Publication : Report
Security Council Resolution 1325 at 20: What Next for the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda?
2020
- - Eli Stamnes
This policy brief takes stock of the achievements of the WPS agenda since the passing of its founding Security Resolution 1325, twenty years ago. It outlines the challenges it currently faces like the implementation gap; the global push-back against women’s rights and multilateral cooperation; the increase...
Security policy Peace operations United Nations
Publication : Report
Predict and prevent: overcoming early warning implementation challenges in UN peace operations
2020
- - John Karlsrud
The UN has made progress in the adoption of new technologies to predict and prevent local violence. To maintain the momentum, it needs to continue to innovate to be able to serve people in need faster, better, and more efficiently. The UN will need to find a way to analyse the enormous amount of data...
Peace operations Sårbare stater International organizations United Nations