Adam Roberts / Benedict Kingsbury (eds.)

United Nations, Divided World

The Un's Roles in International Relations
Herausgeber: Kingsbury, Benedict; Roberts, Adam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There are four completely new chapters, by Patricia Birnie (environmental protection), Sally Morphet (peacekeeping), Brian Urquhart (post-Cold War security), and Peter Wilenski (the UN's structure). An appendix contains the full text of former Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali's important report, An Agenda for Peace, to which he has added an introduction for this book. United Nations, Divided World is also a key reference work. The appendices include a bibliography and the complete text of the UN Charter, with all amendments. They also include lists of member states and their assessed contributions, Secretaries-General, UN peacekeeping and observer forces, and judgments and opinions of the International Court of Justice.

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An authoritative appraisal of the United Nations and rigorous examination of possibilities for change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 606
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 814g
• ISBN-13: 9780198279266
• ISBN-10: 0198279264
• Artikelnr.: 22303975

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: The UN's Roles in a Divided World
* 1: Michael Howard: The Historical Development of the UN's Role in
International Security
* 2: Brian Urquhart: The UN and International Security after the Cold
War
* 3: Anthony Parsons: The UN and the National Interests of States
* 4: Javier Perez de Cuellar: The Role of the UN Secretary-General
* 5: Thomas M. Franck and Georg Nolte: The Good Offices Function of the
UN Secretary-General
* 6: Sally Morphet: UN Peacekeeping and Election-Monitoring
* 7: Tom J. Farer and Felice Gaer: The UN and Human Rights: At the End
of the Beginning
* 8: Kenneth Dadzie: The UN and the Problem of Economic Development
* 9: Patricia Birnie: The UN and the Environment
* 10: Nagendra Singh: The UN and the Development in International Law
* 11: Maurice Bertrand: The Historical Development of Efforts to Reform
the UN
* 12: Peter Wilenski: The Structure of the UN in the Post-Cold War
Period
* Appendices, including: An Agenda for Peace: