Papers from a conference titled: The UN : adapting to the 21st century, held April 4, 2005, in Waterloo, Ont.

Includes bibliographical references.

United Nations: adapting to the twenty-first century / Louise Fréchette -- Millennium project: from words to action / Jeffrey Sachs -- UN reform and the high-level panel report on threats, challenges, and change / Lord David Hannay -- Implementing the secretary general's report, "In larger freedom" / Bruce Jones -- Monterrey consensus: developing the policy innovations / Nitin Desai -- Ensuring adequate resources to meet the millennium development goals / John W. McArthur -- WMD and terrorism: can the UN help to keep the genie in the bottle? / Jayantha Dhanapala -- Legal and legitimate use of force under the UN charter: a critical analysis of the report of the high-level panel / Tom Farer -- Small arms, big killers / Keith Krause -- Freedom from fear: effective, efficient, and equitable security / Ramesh Thakur -- UN reform agenda and human rights / Kenneth Roth -- UN security council: reform or enlarge? / Edward C. Luck -- Working better together: implementing the high-level panel's recommendations on peacebuilding / Shepard Forman -- Making the case for change / Lloyd Axworthy -- Managing the reform agenda: a call for timely action / Jean Ping -- Way forward / Paul Heinbecker.