Cities in International Law.

Special reference to participation within the United Nations and the relationship between institutional presence and normative impact

Abstract

The impact on global agendas is one of the most important issues in the international action of cities. But because international law does not recognize to these entities international legal subjectivity, the international municipal movement will appeal to the United Nations as a meeting point and platform for political action in order to establish the international legal framework that allows them to intervene in aspects not limited to the area of their legally recognized competences. The cities will propose two objectives related to their relationship with the United Nations: political articulation and greater institutional presence within the Organization. At the same time, both issues will be intertwined in order to obtain a regulatory framework regarding their external activity.