The Legitimacy of International Organizations
The United Nations University will host on 25 February, 2000 a seminar devoted to issues related to "The Legitimacy of International Organizations", a policy research project that is part of the University's Peace and Governance Programme. The seminar will meet in Conference Rooms B (in the morning) and C (in the afternoon) from 10:00am to 1:00pm and 3 to 6:00pm.
The seminar is intended to disseminate, prior to their issuance in book form, the policy findings of the project which has now reached its final stage. Questions adressed by participating academics and practitioners include the following: What are the distinctive dimensions of the legitimacy of international organizations? What are their comparative advantages? What division of labour could be envisaged between international organizations and other international actors? What are the fields (security, development, human rights, international legal and functional norms...) in which international organizations are likely to be most needed in the future?
Guest speakers include Professor Susan Marks, Cambridge University, UK; Dr. Veijo Heiskanen, Director of the Institute of International Economic Law, University of Helsinki, Finland; Professor G.C.A. Junne, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud, UNU; and Professor Robert Howse, University of Michigan Law School, USA. Specific topics to be covered include democracy and international governance, the use of force, the impact of globalization on international organization, UN peacekeeping and the legitimation of the World Trade Organization.
For further information, please contact the United Nations University Office in New York (tel: 963-6345; fax: 371-9454; e-mail: UNUONA@IGC.APC.ORG. If interested in attending, kindly send your full name, title, department, email address and telephone number by fax or e-mail to UNUONA before 11 and 16 February, 2000 respectively..
Seminar Programme
10:00 - 10:15 Opening
Jean-Marc Coicaud
Veijo Heiskanen
10:15 - 10:45 Democracy and International Governance
Susan Marks, Cambridge University
10:45 - 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:45 Rationality of the Use of Force
Veijo Heiskanen, Institute of International Economic Law, University of Helsinki
11:45 - 12:00 Discussion
12:00 - 12:30 Globalization and International Organizations
Gerd Junne, University of Amsterdam
12:30 - 12:45 Discussion
1:00 - 14:45 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session - Conference Room C
15:00 - 15:30 Conflicting Source of Legitimacy: The Case of UN
Peacekeeping
Jean-Marc Coicaud, UN University
15:30 - 15:45 Discussion
15:45 - 16:15 Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization
Robert Howse, University of Michigan Law School
16:15 - 16:30 Discussion
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:45
Concluding Session: Round Table Discussion - Conference Room C
Chair: Jacques Fomerand, UN University