THE COMMONWEALTH ROLE AT THE UNITED-NATIONS: HOW THE SECRETARIAT COULD HELP
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Heft 277, S. 10-17
ISSN: 0035-8533
POSSIBLE ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY THE COMMONWEALTH, IN TERMS OF PURSUING JOINT INTERESTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, IN UN POLITICS AND NEGOTIATIONS, IS CONSIDERED. MAJOR FACTORS INHIBITING GREATER COMMONWEALTH INFLUENCE IN THE UN ARE IDENTIFIED (FOR EXAMPLE, SPLIT ALLIANCE -NATO- OF CERTAIN MEMBERS); & FACTORS FACILITATING INFLUENCE ARE DISCUSSED: SHARED VALUES, REPRESENTATION OF 1/4 OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION.