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
Who runs the UN? A: “small, rich democracies like the Nordic countries.” http://t.co/WiBFKMEjjz
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
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
Who runs the UN? http://t.co/MFTvbCiuBo via @Digg
Interesting analysis – what do you think? “Who runs the UN?” http://t.co/Ppp2cSx81x #globaldev #post2015 #SDGs
“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