Global Governance and Post-nationalism

From the perspective of international law, the UN Charter is interpreted as the international constitution of states. Various legal arguments support this thesis. In addition, the main organs of the UN include a variety of subsidiary bodies, specialized agencies, departments and regional commissions. Together, these institutions form the core of international public administration. However, the UN does not have a supposed cosmopolitan identification that is consolidated in the mentality of the world’s population (a ＂citizen of the world＂ perspective). Jürgen Habermas’ post-nationalism seeks to fill this gap in order to socially legitimize the system of global public governance built around the UN.