Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military. November 2005 Report

Abstract

The UN was organized 60 years ago around the principle of preventing national wars. Today it should be reorganized around the principle of addressing human security, which would reinvent global governance, proposes former Canadian foreign minister, Lloyd Axworthy. A UN cohesive response system able to rapidly deploy aid when and where necessary is needed now to efficiently respond to current civil conflicts and disasters. There may be an emerging consensus that human security could be the next organizing principle for international relations. Whether or not Lloyd Axworthy will promote the idea in the UN General Assembly, the idea of re-organizing the UN on human security issues could well be inevitable. The military should create alternative scenarios for such potential UN restructuring and study how it might contribute to and be affected by each scenario.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA528684

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Climate Change
  • Electronic Waste
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Health Services
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Relations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mustard Agents
  • Organic Solar Cells
  • United States
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.