On March 21, 2005, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented his
reform report "In Larger Freedom: Towards Development,
Security and Human Right for All", as a "blueprint for a new era of global cooperation and collective action". This was done to deal with various threats to the international peace and security in the new century. The report puts forward a number of new concepts and proposals, most of them reflecting the views and propositions of the big western powers headed by the United States. The initial reactions from the UN member states, and world opinion, have shown that there are still many sharp
differences and
problems. These differences and problems mainly focus on seven issues: 1. the main threats facing the world today; 2. setting the concept of "collective responsibility to protect" as an international "new norm"; 3. the criteria of legitimacy for the use of force; 4. prevention of weapons of mass destruction; 5. definition of terrorism; 6. establishment of a smaller standing
Human Rights Council; and 7. the reform of the Security Council. This article presents some in-depth analyses and
comments on these issues with a view to promoting further discussion and study.
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