In this book inspired by draft notes for a Guest Lecture in March 2010, CADES (Cultures and Development Studies) Masters Program of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA), Ludo shares his perspectives on the paradigms used to build and perfect the United Nations Organization (UNO) systems over the past 65 years.

Telling the story, as it were, is fundamental to the survival and transformation of the UNO. A far better understanding of the nature of the obstacles to non-violent social change in today’s world is needed. Without that, conceptualizing and building a “relevant” 3rd generation UN – after the League of Nations and the UNO – is impossible.