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Advancing the debate on a world environment organization

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With the beginning of the new millennium, the longstanding need for reform of the United Nations system has gained new momentum. Efficiency gains and better coordination are desirable, though not sufficient to bring about improvement in international relations. There is need, therefore, to look for institutional innovations that would upgrade the pressing tasks of environmental and development policy in the eyes of national governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, improve the institutional setting for the negotiation and implementation of new agreements and action programs, and strengthen the action capacity of the developing countries on these matters. The present article points to and elaborates on the need for a “World Environment and Development Organization” within the United Nations system, and outlines the shape it might be given.

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  • Udo E. Simonis, 2002. "Advancing the debate on a world environment organization," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 29-42, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:22:y:2002:i:1:d:10.1023_a:1014567908107
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1014567908107
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