UN studies database
The Research Council of UNA-Germany has taken the opportunity of this years ACUNS meeting in Bonn to present the variety of UN-related research in German to the ACUNS network. In order to provide an overview of UN studies in Germany students, scholars and practitioners were kindly invided to post their respective projects. The collected information on past, current and planned projects is presented 
here. Please feel free to search the database, you may also find networking partners from Germany. If you are interessed to present your project too, please provide your information 
here, so that it can be considered for inclusion in the database.
Special Representatives as Peace Makers
Currently more than sixty Personal and Special Representatives (SRSGs) act on behalf of the UN´s Secretary-General. Yet very little is known about the multiple challenges they face when making, keeping and building peace. Within an event on June 6th, which was arranged by Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, New York, and the United Nations Association of Germany, Professor Manuel Fröhlich presented his findings of an ongoing research project that he conducts on UN SRSGs. His systematic overview was completed by the comments of Carolyn McAskie, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, who reported on her past experience as the Secretary-General´s Special Representative to Burundi. A new FES Fact Sheet summarizes the results of the discussion.
More Information: Volker Lehmann: “Special Representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General.” Fact Sheet, FES New York, July 2007.
In Focus
“A New Kind of Global Leadership is Needed”
Interview with Mark Malloch Brown, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. New York, 6 June 2007
“If we do not have an increase in resources, we won’t achieve anything”Interview with Carolyn McAskie, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support. New York, 7 June 2007
Strengthening the Role of the United Nations as Key Player and Decisive Forum in International Relations
Recommendations and demands for German UN policy
UNA-Germany, which regards itself as an organisation of people with cosmopolitan engagement, urges the global challenges to be surmounted and to give the United Nations, as the core of world society’s political system and the manifestation of multilateralism, a greater ability to act. ...more
The Future of Global Order(s)
Conference Documentation
This documentation contains the presentations and major comments made in the course of the international conference "Beyound Crisis: The Future of Global Order(s)" which was held on July 1st and 2nd 2010 in Bonn. The conference was organized by the Research Council of the UN Association of Germany (DGVN) in cooperation with Development and Peace Foundation (SEF) and the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF).
The conference gathered international social and economic scientists, policy advisors and members of national and international organizations to engage in a lively debate about the recent financial and economic crisis has triggered. Among the main purposes was to examine emerging new global orders and to critically review exiting global institutional structures in issue areas like global finance and economy, security and development. Participants were also invited to reflect upon the current and future role of the UN and other international organisations. A recurrent theme was that the pluralization of actors and forms of governance challenges the traditionally focal role of the UN in international discourses and decision-making.
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General Information on the United Nations Association of Germany (UNA-Germany)
What is UNA-Germany?
The United Nations Association of Germany - UNA-Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen – DGVN) was founded in 1952 as a non-governmental organization and became a full member of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) in 1966. UNA-Germany is a non-partisan and independent organization and does not represent the specific interests of any single grouping in society. It works as a non-profit organization. Its directorate is elected every two years.
Mission
According to its charter the UNA-Germany strives to inform the German public in an impartial and critical manner of the aims, institutions and activities of the United Nations. It intends to increase interest in and awareness of current events in foreign and development policy, in cultural and world economic policy as well as in international relations and developments in general. UN-Germany wants to encourage debate on these topics. Emphasis also lies on the critical discussion of German UN policy.
What does UNA-Germany do?
UNA-Germany provides an Information and Documentation Centre, organizes events, publishes the bimonthly academic periodical VEREINTE NATIONEN - German Review on the United Nations, presents a wide range of online information and publishes a newsletter. For more information continue to read below.
Information and Documentation Centre
UNA-Germany acts as Information and Documentation Centre for the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies in Germany. UNA-Germany publishes German-language information material (academic periodical VEREINTEN NATIONEN, books, policy papers, leaflets etc.) on the structure of the UN and its most important fields of activity.
UNA-Germany information material broaches the issues of development policy, peacekeeping, globalization and world economy, human rights, migration, environment, UN reform, international law etc.
The Documentation Centre comprises an archive consisting of official documents of the UN General Assembly, the Security Council and the Trusteeship Council (since the founding of the UN; in English), a compilation of UN documents in German, as well as an archive of media coverage relating to the UN.
Publications of other institutions working on UN related issues are available and distributed alongside the UN information to special interest groups. Specific information sets as well as policy statements of the directorate of the UNA-Germany are passed on to the members of the German Parliament, the Federal Government, the media and the public at large.
Events
UNA-Germany is host to a number of events such as conferences, seminars and symposia, panel discussions, talks on topical issues and press conferences with participants from the field of politics, science and civil society.
Main topics are:
- Peacekeeping, crisis prevention, international security
- Global development, globalization, world population
- International human rights protection
- Reform of the United Nations
- Germany and the UN
UNA-Germany Online
The DGVN presents itself on the internet with a wide range of information. You will find information on current events as well as an introduction to several publications, such as the UN-basic-information. Background information on UN topics are provided for free as downloads. Visitors of the website receive an overview of further UN related websites through an extensive list of links. Furthermore, visitors of our website may request specific information by e-mail, they may order the newsletter “DGVN@ktuell” or register for events. You can inform yourself on www.dgvn.de.
Services
UNA-Germany members receive the bimonthly academic periodical VEREINTE NATIONEN - German Review on the United Nations six times a year as well as invitations to events. Anyone who is interested can request the information services “Population&Development” and DGVN@ktuell for free. The DGVN General Secretariat gladly answers your questions on the United Nations.
The Dag-Hammerskjöld-Honorary-Medal
Since 1977 the United Nations Association of Germany biannually awards the Dag-Hammerskjöld-Honorary-Medal to eminent persons who have rendered outstanding services and were committed in promoting the leading role of the United Nations in addressing global challenges and conflicts within cultural, scientific, journalistic and political fields.
Previous award recipients were:
Prof. Dr. Raúl Prebisch (1977)
Prinz Sadruddin Aga Khan and Prof. Dr. Egon Schwelb (1979)
Henry R. Labouisse and Rüdiger von Wechmar (1981)
Robert S. McNamara (1983)
Liv Ullmann (1985)
Brian Urquhart (1988)
Gro Harlem Brundtland (1991)
Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1995)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hüfner and Manfred Eisele (1998)
Lakhdar Brahimi and the youth group “Aktion Völkerrecht” (2004)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer (2005)
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The System of the United Nations
Dag Hammarskjöld Honorary Medal
UN Association of Germany awards Kofi Annan the Dag Hammarskjöld Honorary Medal
Geneva, Tuesday 3 November 2009
The United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN/UNA-Germany) today has presented former UN Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan with the Dag Hammarskjöld Honorary Medal.
Named after the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, the medal recognizes distinguished personalities who have made an outstanding contribution to the search for solutions to global challenges through the UN system.
DGVN/UNA Germany awards Mr. Annan with the medal for his outstanding commitment to the maintenance of international peace and for his promotion of respect and understanding among peoples.
The medal’s certificate of honor states: “Through his untiring efforts to peacefully resolve international conflicts, mitigate global inequalities, uphold human rights and strengthen the rule of law, Kofi Annan laid the foundation for an effective, efficient and relevant world organisation of the 21st century”.
The Honorary Medal was presented to Mr. Annan by Professor Dr. Thomas Bruha, Chairperson of the DGVN, at the Kofi Annan Foundation in Geneva.
On receiving the award, Mr. Annan said: “I would like to thank the members of the United Nations Association of Germany for this honor. Germany has always been a steadfast supporter of the United Nations and I commend the Association for its work. In Germany, and throughout the world, the United Nations Association plays a critical role in promoting a strong and effective organization and in creating the next generation of internationalists”.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Honorary Medal has been awarded since 1977. Previous recipients include Klaus Töpfer, Lakhdar Brahimi, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Robert S. McNamara, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
A critical year for UN at peacekeeping
Though the total number of armed conflicts during the past decade was declining 2008 has been a critical year for UN-Peacekeeping. This is the key message of a recent study based on new data on more than fifty international peacekeeping operations. Bruce Jones, Director and Senior Fellow of the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) New York University and main author of the study, introduced the “Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2009” at a DGVN luncheon talk in Berlin on 22nd April 2009. The event was moderated by Ekkehard Griep, vice-chairman of the United Nations Association of Germany.
Book Launch: Making Peace Work
On January 14th 2009 Tony Addison and Tilman Brück launched their new book „Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction” at DIW Berlin. In the seminar, which was co-hosted by UNA Germany, the editors provided insights into some of the main issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offered examples of what works, and what does not. They stressed the need for equally promoting peace, participation and prosperity in developing countries emerging from war, and to pay attention to justice and distributional issues in reconstruction. The volume discusses these issues in a series of topical chapters ranging from ethical debates and horizontal inequality to fiscal issues and health system rehabilitation. Addison and Brück stressed in their presentations the need for developing local capacities and achieving quick wins, in part to spoil the spoilers of peace. Dr. Beate Wagner, Secretary General UNA Germany who chaired the meeting, echoed this sentiment by calling for greater consistency and coherence in post-war reconstruction. The presentations were followed by a lively debate with an audience of over forty participants from academia, government and civil society.
Details: The book is a collaborate product of UNU/WIDER and DIW Berlin building on UNU-WIDER’s research on ‘Making Peace Work: Conflict and Post Conflict Societies’, carried out with financial support of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction. Edited by Tony Addison and Tilman Brück, Palgrave Macmillan, November 2008. http://www.palgrave.com/products/Title.aspx?PID=321818 Hardback: £65.00, ISBN: 978-0-230-22245-8
John Ruggie: Investment Protection Agreements Prevent Protection of Human Rights
Berlin, 25.6.07.John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises, presented his recent achievements and future plans the day after his mandate was extended for another year by the UN Human Rights Council. The Professor from Harvard University spoke at a panel discussion jointly organized by the United Nations Association of Germany and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation in Berlin on June 25, 2007.
He announced that he will focus extensively on bilateral investment protection agreements.... more
