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This study explores change in the United Nations (UN) system within the context of the broader process of multilateral evolution. The nature, and severity, of the problems that confront the UN system today indicate that unless major structural adjustments are made to most parts of the world body, different kinds of multilateral institutional arrangements may become necessary for dealing with the myriad of societal demands of the twenty-first century. Although much of the recent literature on the UN recognizes the need for its reform and restructuring,1 only a few scholars have tried to place the subject of the requisite institutional changes within the broader context of multilateral development.2
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Knight, W.A. (2000). Introduction. In: A Changing United Nations. Global Issues Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333984420_1
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