In 2005, the United Nations Organization (UNO) celebrates its 60^th anniversary. Over these six decades it has succeeded in achieving important successes, but it has also proven to have many problems. In the aftermath of the 11^th of September of 2001, its image has been significantly damaged. Many of the criticisms that are leveled against it are based upon real problems, but it is also important to keep in mind who is making such criticisms, and what are their interests. The United States, the most influential actor in the UN, has been, and still is, its main opponent. Having said this, and despite the problems that exist within the organization, and which translate into inefficiency and incoherence, the UN is now more necessary than ever. This is the opinion of the majority of its member states, and of organized civil society, which is calling for some participation in the process of reforming the organization. This text is an abstract of the report La reforma de las Naciones Unidas: entre el juego político y la coherencia, published by CIP-FUHEM in September 2005.

This article discusses cosmopolitan democracy in regards to the transformed international context, where international affairs now appear in a globalized form. He discusses the obstacles and necessities of creating a government in which freedom and human development are encouraged, while simultaneously extending as much participation as is possible to all the citizens of the world in global affairs.