The United Nations and the Regions

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Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: Regional Actorness and Representation.- Chapter 1: Sovereignty's Evolution: the Role of Regions - Regional Convergence in a Transnational World Carlos Pascual and Holly Benner.- Chapter 2: The Contribution of the Regional UN Economic Commissions to Regional Integration Processes: The Case of ECLAC Edgard Moncayo Jimenez.- Chapter 3: Breaking the Deadlock of Regional Bloc Politics: Cross-Regional Coalitions and Human Rights in the UNGA Robert Kissack.- Chapter 4: Measuring Regional Actorness at the UN Security Council: the EU as a Paragon of Complexity Edith Drieskens.- Chapter 5: Weighted Regional Representation as a Basis for Security Council Reform Joseph E. Schwartzberg.- Chapter 6: Regionalisation, Transnational Democracy and United Nations Reform: A Viewpoint Hans Kochler.- PART II: Regional Organisations and Peace and Security.- Chapter 7: The UN and Regional Organisations for Peace: Tracking a Slippery Partnership Luk Van Langenhove, Tania Felicio and Ademola Abass.- Chapter 8: The UN and the League of Arab States: A Point of View on Future Interaction Amre Moussa.- Chapter 9: UN Cooperation with Regional Organisations in Peacekeeping Operations: A Legal Perspective Ademola Abass.- Chapter 10: The False Promise of Regional Organizations? Rodrigo Tavares.- Chapter 11: From International and Regional Organisations to Global Public Policy Jean-Marc Coicaud and Jin Zhang.- Chapter 12: Hybrid Missions: A Promising Model Resolving the Global-Regional Debate Vesselin Popovski and Annette Fath-Lihic.- Chapter 13: ASEAN, the United Nations, and the Security of Southeast Asia: Problems, Prospects, and Paradox Seng Tan.- Chapter 14. The UN and Regional Organisations: Finding a Balance between the UN and the African Union in dealing with Peace and Security in Africa Marie Muller and Maxi Schoeman.- PART III: Regional Organisations, Human Security, Sustainable Development and Human Rights.- Chapter 15: Reconceptualisation of Security and Regional Dimension of UN Activities: towards a Mediterranean Environmental and Human Security Initiative Hans Gunter Brauch.- Chapter 16: The Regional Input for 'Delivering as One' Kennedy Graham.- Chapter 17. UN System-Wide Coherence and the Regions: The Quest for Reforms Eric Maertens.- Chapter 18. The UN and Regional Social Policy Bob Deacon.- Chapter 19. The UN and the Regions: The case of Health Sector Coordination for Disaster Management in the Caribbean Geert Haghebaert.- Chapter 20: Regionalism and Human Rights at the UN Richard Gowan and Franziska Brantner.- Conclusions Francis Baert, Tania Felicio and Philippe De Lombaerde.-