Conflito e cooperação nas relações internacionais: as organizações internacionais no século XXI.

Departing from the recent Anglo-American intervention in Iraq, this article inaugurates a debate regarding the role played by the multilateral organizations in today's world. Initially questioning the real efficiency of these organizations, the author infers that its process of consolidation is not linear, being subject to retrocessions, but affirms that the continuity of multilateral diplomacy cannot be disregarded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]