Brill Reforming the United Nations: A Chronology: 7

The UN celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2015. An exciting story is told of past reforms by each Secretary-General, completed by a very detailed chronology of change events. Valuable insight is gained for shaping future reform initiatives. Review "'Everything you ever wanted to know about UN reform and more' could be the subtitle of the book. To my knowledge, this is the first complete chronology of the UN reform efforts since its foundation in 1945. Joachim Müller, a long-time UN practitioner and one of the UN's few intellectual historians, presents a mine of information." -Michael Platzer, Liaison Officer for the Academic Council on the United Nations and Chair Vienna NGO Alliance for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Rather than prescribing what should be done, Müller conceptualizes and analyses the dynamics of the UN reform process. Such insight is necessary to understand, develop and implement reform initiatives, which is currently a high priority for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Müller's book can be regarded as a golden source of information for academic studies in the areas of modern history, political science and international law. It also offers journalists the opportunity to dig thoroughly into any subject of UN-related political interest. May intensive use be made of it and may it have a follow-up in the future. Wolfgang Münch, EJIL 29, issue 1, 2018 (OUP). About the Author Joachim Müller is Director for Management and Finance at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna. He was previously with the UN system for 30 years, dealing with resource management. Müller has written extensively on the UN, including the series Reforming the United Nations, 2010, 2006, 2001 (Brill) and is editor of ARUNA (Oxford University Press), an annual series on the UN. He has a doctorate (D.Phil) from Oxford University, Nuffield College.