United Nations

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In this article, the writer discusses positivism and post-positivism and maintains that post-positivism focuses on a particular situation, rather than setting general principles of ethics for all persons to follow.
The writer then argues that it would seem that the post-positive perspective would be an ideal leadership approach for the currently divided United Nations. The writer argues that for positive intentions to become effectual actions, the member states of the United Nations must forge a better working relationship led by a post-positivist paradigm of leadership, However, the writer concludes that this does not mean ignoring the clear, positivist moral purpose of the UN to defend human rights.

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"The new Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon from South Korea, much like the past Secretary General Kofi Annan, comes from one of the less powerful member states not permanently represented on the Security Counsel. This does not mean if his predecessor's work is any indication, however, that he will necessarily be able to create a more pluralistic forum within the context of United Nations in terms of how power is balanced amongst its leaders, although he states he will strive to do so. Besides the power of the UNSC, certain factions have often been able to dominate the decision-making of the UN General Assembly, no matter how post-positivist the orientation of some of its leaders, as infamously embodied in the biased UN Resolution 3379 equating Zionism and thus the existence of Israel as racism. The UN's inability to effectively address the genocide in Rwanda and Darfur in recent years highlights the difficulty of taking effective action on behalf of an organization of such pluralistic composition."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Lincoln, Y. S. and E. G. Guba. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. London: Sage.

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