United Minds: The UN as Knowledge Manager?

Studies in diplomacy and international relations, pp. 183–203

Abstract

This concluding chapter considers the benefits as well as limitations of formal and informal Knowledge Management (KM) practices vis-à-vis the multilateral diplomatic context. In doing so, it offers reflections on the potential of the United Nations (UN) as a more intentional knowledge manager, both in relation to the UN First Committee cyber negotiations as well as more broadly in respect of other multilateral negotiations hosted under its auspices. The extent to which the findings of this study are generalizable to other multilateral settings are then discussed. This chapter thereafter brings the book to a close by providing several directions for taking research in this area forward and highlighting the vital importance of infusing a culture of KM into the UN multilateral setting.

Authors 1

1. Lise H. Andersen corresponding Aachen Institute of Security and Global Affairs

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands