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The UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority: Ethics and Religion in International Leadership

Kent J. Kille

October 2007

Georgetown University Press

Abstract

Table of Contents

The UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority: Ethics and Religion in International Leadership
Edited by Kent J. Kille

Acknowledgments

Introduction
KENT J. KILLE

1. Moral Authority and the UN Secretary-General's Ethical Framework
KENT J. KILLE

2. Seeking Balance: The Secretary-General as Normative Negotiator
DOROTHY V. JONES

3. The House that Trygve Lie Built: Ethical Challenges as the First UN Secretary-General
JAMES P. MULDOON JR.

4. The UN Charter, the New Testament and Psalms: The Moral Authority of Dag Hammarskjöld
ALYNNA J. LYON

5. U Thant: Buddhism in Action
A. WALTER DORN

6. An Ethical Enigma: Another Look at Kurt Waldheim
MICHAEL T. KUCHINSKY

7. Religion, Ethics and Reality: A Study of Javier Perez de Cuellar
BARBARA ANN RIEFFER-FLANAGAN AND DAVID P. FORSYTHE

8. A Realist in the Utopian City: Boutros Boutros-Ghali's Ethical Framework and its Impact
ANTHONY F. LANG JR.

9. Politics and Values at the United Nations: Kofi Annan's Balancing Act
COURTNEY B. SMITH

10. The "Secular Pope": Insights on the UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority
KENT J. KILLE

Contributors

Index

 

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