Bloc Politics in the United Nations

224 Pages·1960·11.659 MB·German

by  Jr Thomas Hovet

BLOC POLITICS
¡n the UNITED NATIONS

BLOC POLITICS
in the UNITED NATIONS
THOMAS HOVET, JR.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 1960
© Copyright, 1960, by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distributed in Great Britain by Oxford University Press, London
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60-7993
Printed in the United States of America
TO ERICA

CONTENTS
Foreword by Lincoln P. Bloomfield xix
I History and Method 1
II An Over-all View of Blocs and Groups 29
Blocs, 30
Caucusing Groups, 31
Geographical Distribution Groups, 32
Regional Groups, 38
Common Interest Groups, 44
Temporary Groups, 45
III Blocs and Groups Examined Individually 47
The Soviet Caucusing Bloc, 47
The Arab Caucusing Group, 56
The Latin American Caucusing Group, 64
The Commonwealth Caucusing Group, 69
The Scandinavian Caucusing Group, 73
The Benelux Caucusing Group, 76
The Asian-African Caucusing Group, 78
The Western European Caucusing Group, 91
The African Caucusing Group, 93
Geographical Distribution Groups, 95
Regional Groups, 96
Common Interest Groups, 101
IV Bloc and Group Coalitions 102
Relationship of Groups to the Assembly Majority, 102
Group Relationships to the Assembly Majority According to
Categories of Issues, 106
V Some Policy Implications 112
Charts 123
Index 195

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book was initially prepared as a paper for the United
Nations Project of The Center for International Studies, Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology. I am especially grateful to Dr. Lin-
coln P. Bloomfield, director of the project, whose confidence and
patience made it possible for me to undertake the study. Particular
thanks are due Mr. Richard W. Hatch, Editor-in-Chief at the Cen-
ter, whose editorial guidance was invaluable. Thanks also to Pro-
fessor Joseph Tanenhaus of New York University who was extremely
helpful in formulating my ideas on the methodology of the study.
My initial interest in the study of international organization in
general, and the United Nations, in particular, was influenced by
Professor Linden A. Mander of the University of Washington and
the late Professor Clyde Eagleton of New York University who gave
me the basis of preparation for study in this field. Actually many
of the ideas in this study are the result of a continuing interest
and research about the General Assembly over a period of years.
I was stimulated in my interest in this area when I worked with
the International Studies Group of the Brookings Institution on
their United Nations Project. My interest has been given con-
tinuous encouragement by Professor Waldo Chamberlin, who
was my professor in graduate school and my supervisor with the
Brookings Institution, and who is my colleague at New York Uni-
versity. To Professor Chamberlin I owe a debt for inspiration, guid-
ance, and consultation which I can never repay. In the past my re-
search on blocs in the United Nations has been helped by a grant
from the faculty research fund of the Graduate School of Arts and
Science of New York University. Throughout the years the assistance
of the staff and facilities of the United Nations Documents Collec-
tion of New York University Library have helped my research.
Lastly, none of my research and interest in this subject would have
viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
been realistic except for the help and assistance given by the many
individuals in Delegations to the United Nations, as well as mem-
bers of the U.N. Secretariat, who have to remain anonymous by
their request. Naturally any faults in the study are entirely my re-
sponsibility and should in no way reflect upon any of the persons
mentioned above.
16 October 1959 THOMAS HOVET, JR.
New York, N.Y.