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11 - The United Nations

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The United Nations

Making and Implementing Treaties

The United Nations has fundamentally changed the classic mode of international lawmaking by reshaping the negotiation and conclusion of treaties. International conventions no longer limit membership to state parties; they have grown to include international organizations such as the European Union. In the context of international white collar crime, the UN's changes to modern, multilateral treaty making encompass many aspects of transnational crime. In a given year, the UN holds approximately 3,500 meetings and to date has participated in the conclusion of hundreds of multilateral agreements.

Specific provisions of the UN Charter, as well as those governing the work of its specialized agencies, address the conclusion and approval of multilateral legal instruments. For example, Article 92(3) of the UN Charter provides that United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may “prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with respect to matters falling within its competence.” Today, the UN addresses a diverse range of subjects based on the needs of a variety of sponsoring international organizations. It has helped facilitate the negotiation and implementation of significant multilateral treaties dealing with the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of transnational white collar crime.

During the past century the scope of treaties has grown to include conflict prevention and peacekeeping and to codify a broad array of transnational criminal issues. Increasingly, as we see in later chapters, the number of participants has also increased.

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International White Collar Crime
Cases and Materials
, pp. 402 - 427
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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  • The United Nations
  • Bruce Zagaris
  • Book: International White Collar Crime
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750373.011
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750373.011
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