The world is for the public good, such is the Great Way. Confucius Whenever you are in doubt, recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man. Gandhi An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder. Paul Valéry *

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Dossiers and Documents

> Key Documents

A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility
¤ Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change ¤ 2 December 2004
We live in a world of new and evolving threats, threats that could not have been anticipated when the UN was founded in 1945 - threats like nuclear terrorism, and states collapsing as a consequence of the witch’s brew of poverty, disease, and (...) read more


> Dossiers

The UN: Which Reforms for What Future?
¤ Stéphanie Ah Tchou ¤ 20 January 2009
The UN is currently under a lot of criticism. Upbraided and disparaged, the body that conveyed so much hope is now being berated. There is abundant literature on its subject, not to praise it but to point out its weaknesses, to the point of (...) read more


> World Governance Index

Publish the WGI on your Web site! (in French)
¤ 6 January 2010
Below, we are offering the WGI by country in the form of a table. Please feel free to put a link to any of these tables from your Web site when referring to a country! read more


> Discussion Papers



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