An insider's guide to the UN
Book 2052/Completed: 12/24/2003
LC Control Number: | 2003010668 | | | Author(s): | Fasulo, Linda M. | | | Published/Created: | New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, c2003. | Projected Pub. Date: | 0309 | Description: | p. cm. | ISBN: | 0300101554 (cloth: alk. paper) | | 0300101546 (pbk.: alk. paper) | Contents: | An overview -- UN founding documents -- The Secretary General and the Secretariat -- The American ambassadors -- The Security Council -- Peace operations -- The General Assembly -- Coordinating to fight international terrorism -- The UN village -- Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court -- The call for reform -- UN finances -- A tour of UN headquarters -- The coup against Boutros-Ghali -- UN advocates, donors, and friends -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Making a career at the UN -- ECOSOC -- Agencies, programs, and commissions -- Rule of law and human rights -- Social and economic development -- Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants -- UN to the rescue -- Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats -- Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work -- International crime and drug trafficking. | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Subjects: | United Nations--Popular works. | LC Classification: | JZ4984.6 .F37 2003 | Dewey Class No.: | 341.23 21 |
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