Five decades after World War II and in the aftermath of the Cold War, a new world is taking shape. Which path the world takes in the 21st century will depend on the extent to which people and their leaders develop the vision of a better world - and the strategies, the institution and the will to achieve it. Our Global Neighbourhood suggests approaches to the governance of our increasingly interdependent human society. It makes recommendations to promote the security of people, manage economic interdependence, strengthen international law, and reform the United Nations and other international institutions. It also examines what common values should guide the people, and nations of the `global neighbourhood'. The Commission on Global Governance was established in 1992 to suggest ways in which the world community could improve cooperation in the post Cold War environment. Our Global Neighbourhood is the collective thinking of the 28 eminent international figures forming the commission, written up to present a clear account to both the general and specialist reader.
Readership: General readers interested in environmental issues and other issues of global co-operation and development. Members of government bodies, NGOs, politicians. Teachers and students of international relations, politics, economics, law, development studies.
Commission on Global Governance
"'concisely written and very well presented ... it will remain a solid reference work on the UN and its workings for a long time to come' Times Higher Education Supplement"
"...the book offers a discussion of respect for life, liberty, justice and equity, mutual respect, caring and integrity." - WNY Catholic News Magazine
"The book is worth a read." - Eastern Express
"Full of sound common sense." - Long Range Planning
"In the number and breadth of issues covered the report is comprehensive." - Environmental Politics
