A new paper from Paul Novosad and Eric Werker:
We examine, over a 60 year period, the nationalities of the most senior positions in the United Nations Secretariat, ostensibly the world’s most representative international institution.
…The most overrepresented countries are small, rich democracies like the Nordic countries. Statistically, democracy, investment in diplomacy, and economic/military power are predictors of senior positions–even after controlling for the U.N. staffing mandate of competence and integrity.
National control over the United Nations is remarkably sticky; however the in influence of the United States has diminished as US ideology has shifted away from its early allies. In spite of the decline in US influence, the Secretariat remains pro-American relative to the world at large.
@cblatts I think you know the answer. https://t.co/LW8XWhXrt0
RT @cblatts: Who runs the UN? http://t.co/Ybr6Dc8S6t
Who runs the UN? A: “small, rich democracies like the Nordic countries.” http://t.co/WiBFKMEjjz
RT @cblatts: Who runs the UN? http://t.co/Ybr6Dc8S6t
RT @cblatts: Who runs the UN? http://t.co/Ybr6Dc8S6t
This makes the “extreme poverty” politics of post-materialism in the post 2015 SDGs all the more understandable. (http://www.cgdev.org/blog/strange-bedfellows-politics-penurious-poverty-lines-part-ii)
Who has too much influence in the UN? http://t.co/RFXYX0J91V
RT @cblatts: Who has too much influence in the UN? http://t.co/RFXYX0J91V
RT @cblatts: Who has too much influence in the UN? http://t.co/RFXYX0J91V
OMG Norway got the UN too! RT @cblatts: Who has too much influence in the UN? http://t.co/rWMvJUgPzY
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RT @cblatts: Who has too much influence in the UN? http://t.co/RFXYX0J91V
RT @ryanbriggs: OMG Norway got the UN too! RT @cblatts: Who has too much influence in the UN? http://t.co/rWMvJUgPzY
Who runs the UN? http://t.co/qStSi4vRkw /via @cblatts
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Who runs the UN? http://t.co/MFTvbCiuBo via @Digg
Who runs the UN? http://t.co/dMXU3uLl1R
Interesting analysis – what do you think? “Who runs the UN?” http://t.co/Ppp2cSx81x #globaldev #post2015 #SDGs
RT @ATD4thWorld: Interesting analysis – what do you think? “Who runs the UN?” http://t.co/Ppp2cSx81x #globaldev #post2015 #SDGs
Who runs the UN? http://t.co/pD5gVLKwcU
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RT @robcrilly: Who runs the UN? http://t.co/mrI4OMjwdt
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“Who runs the UN?” (largely the US, though Nordics are over-represented) http://t.co/WCs8lOSUrZ
Who runs the UN? @cblatts shares an interesting paper http://t.co/DVSzQ3GRDL
The United States Empire still runs the UN. Once in a blue moon the UN will vote against them, but most of the time UN follows the US especially when it involves double taxation and FATCA. The UN is the US’s lapdog just like the majority of other countries.