ISSN: 2278-4853 Vol. 2, Issue. 11, November 2013 AJMR TRANS Asian Research Journals http://www.tarj.in 9 Published by: TRANS Asian Research Journals AJMR: Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (A Double Blind Referred & Reviewed International Journal) THE CHANGING DYANAMICS OF THE UNITED NATIONS: AN EMERGING TREND OF UN-PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATIONS Jeetendra Kumar* *Assistant Professor, Shaheed Bhagat Singh (Evening) College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. ABSTRACT The present paper attempts to comprehend an emerging trend under the auspices of the United Nations primarily in the wake of globalization and financial crunches in the UN that has come to affect several facets of this world body. This paper before going into diverse intricacies of this development begins with a conceptual understanding of the Private sector. Elaborating further would be peeping into the historical traces of the UN interaction with the Private Sector. Another section would look into the rationale behind the ongoing partnership where ideological shift, leadership, financial crunch and other factors at UN plays a vital role necessitating Partnership. It would highlight different forms of partnership that are prevalent between the UN and private sector. The last section provides views expressed by different sections regarding the ongoing partnership. ___________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION The changing dynamics of the international Order as well domestic developments has not left the United Nations intact. The most prominent paradigm of the international relations represented by the realist version i.e state-centricism nature has come to be debated in the academicians‟ discourses that now envisage the role of the other actors apart from that of the state in the United Nations. The antecedents mark Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) being an important participant in the United Nations system. These NGOs have been making their survival and say in the intergovernmental meetings, presenting written statements, make speeches with around 3,000 having registration as well as their quantitative scramble at the United Nations and have