• The continual efforts from 1945 to develop and adapt better inter-governmental machinery to respond to evolving challenges of development, human rights and security.
• The role of the Group of 77 ideology, and North-South confrontation in international negotiations; the change to a more collaborative model in the 1980s and its impact on development and security debates and efforts.
• The broadening of thinking about the range of actors that are relevant for better governance of the planet, particularly in light of the twin trends of globalization (interdependence) and fragmentation.
• The changing role of the state and views about the appropriate inter-governmental management of economic and political affairs.
• The role of the eminent persons' commissions (e.g., Pearson, Brandt, and Brundtland) and of global, ad hoc conferences.
• The debate about good governance at the national, regional, and global levels.
• The evolving nature of transnational threats and of ideas on global public goods.
• The history of Charter article 71 (on NGOs) through the "global compact" and the expansion of UN partners.
• The possible role for an "Economic" Security Council.
  
  
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