An insider's guide to the UN / Linda Fasulo
- Author
- Fasulo, Linda M.
- Published
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]
- Copyright Date
- ©2004
- Physical Description
- xviii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0300101554 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300101546 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235) and index.
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