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Book review: Rumki Basu, The United Nations: In the New Millennium

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Published date01 December 2024
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1177/00195561241277278
AuthorVikash Kumar
Date01 December 2024
Book Reviews
Rumki Basu, The United Nations: In the New Millennium. Sterling
Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2022, 328 pp., `350 (Paperback). ISBN-10: 9393853177,
ISBN-13: 978-9393853172.
The 21st-century world order is changing rapidly with the development of new
dimensions of technology and communications. The contemporary world has
become extremely dynamic and complex due to the power shift from a bipolar to a
multipolar world. The ideology has been replaced by the market, and countries with
diverse ideas have also connected with each other economically (p. 174). After glo-
balisation, the countries that had closed the doors of economic investment also
adopted the liberalisation process and laid the foundation of a welfare state by
taking the initiative of privatisation. Besides the United Nations, many regional
organisations emerged to develop and strengthen state economic, political, trade
and military relations. The objective of all these organisations, directly and indi-
rectly, is global peace and development.
After World War II, many innovations and new changes took place in the world
order (p. 25), one of which was the formation of the United Nations (UN), which
ended political colonialism and worked for the progress of democracy, although
the conict of ideologies and regional disputes could not end. But this democratic
organisation (the UN) gave a new direction to the world. When disputes arose, a
new path opened up for cooperation and harmony. Despite the UN, there are
unresolved issues that are vital problems in the world. This book has critically
examined such kinds of issues.
The book has been written by Rumki Basu. This book has a total of ve parts
and twenty-two chapters that explore disparate aspects and compile akin phenomena
with chapters from the origin of the UN to contemporary times. This book has
also systematically interpreted the historical background, functions, contributions,
areas of cooperation, sustainable development, positive diplomacy, humanitarian
interventions and reforms initiated by the UN to solve global problems. The
structural idea of the UN came to the mind of American President Roosevelt (p. 29).
This organisation took many initiatives for peace and cooperation in the world and
created many agencies for the progress of developing countries. In this, mainly
three regional oces have been constructed—Central Asia, West Asia and Central
Africa. At the Millennium Summit held on 6–8 December 2000, world leaders
created a new direction for the 21st century and adopted specic goals for the world
community. For widespread diusion of its policy and goals, the UN encouraged
civil society organisations to partner in their work for social welfare.
Indian Journal of Public
Administration
70(4) 926–934, 2024
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