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| Zusammenfassung: | "As the UN continues to demonstrate the potential for new vitality, this new edition of the most concise introduction to the United Nations provides the essential information and background to half-a-century of the world organization's experience. It sets out the fundamental features of the structure of the UN and traces the political developments around such topics as maintaining international peace, protecting human rights, and improving economic welfare. The book provides essential information and analysis for students and lecturers in international politics, international relations, strategic and security studies and peace studies. It will be of use to policy-makers and practitioners in international politics in international organizations, foreign ministries and diplomatic embassies."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Beschreibung: | Frühere Ausg. u.d.T.: Baehr, Peter R.: The United Nations at the end of the 1990s |
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| adam_text | The United Nations at
the End of the 1990s
Peter R Baehr
Professor Emeritus of Human Rights
Utrecht University and Leiden University
The Netherlands
and
Leon Gordenker
Professor Emeritus of Politics
Princeton University
New Jersey, USA
Written under the auspices of the
Center of International Studies, Princeton University
Third Edition
Contents
List of Tables
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
Independent States
Interdependent Societies
International Law
Reforming World Politics
Conferences and Decisions
Functional Cooperation in the Nineteenth Century
The Concert of Europe
The Hague Peace Conferences
The League of Nations
The Second World War and the UN
The San Francisco Conference
2 Charter and Structure of the United Nations
Close Relatives
The General Assembly
The Security Council
The Economic and Social Council
The Trusteeship Council
The International Court of Justice
The Secretariat
Cluster of UN Agencies
Organizational Tension
3 Membership and Decision-Making
Chinese Representation
Divided States
Switzerland and Neutrality
Ministates
XI
xii
xiii
xiv
xvii
Vll
viii Contents
Weighted Voting 49
Decision-Making Processes 50
Fundamental Changes 52
Voting Groups 53
Groups and Voting Positions 56
The Political Significance of Resolutions 56
Slow Decision-Making 59
Finances 60
The United States Debt to the UN 63
4 The Maintenance of Peace and Security 66
Coercive Measures to Maintain Peace 69
Practical Application of Charter Concepts 72
Israel and its Neighbours 72
Cyprus 73
Congo 73
New-Style Peace Operations 74
Cambodia 74
Collective Measures 75
Korea 75
Uniting for Peace 76
Kuwait 78
Hybrid Forms of Peace-Keeping 83
Somalia 83
Yugoslavia 84
Rwanda 87
Haiti 88
Central America 88
Second Thoughts on Peace-Keeping 89
Limits and Potentials in Maintaining Peace 91
Arms Control and Disarmament 93
Non-Proliferation 94
Ban on Nuclear Testing 95
Demilitarized and Nuclear-Free Zone 95
Chemical and Biological Weapons 96
Anti-Personnel Mines 96
Conclusions 97
Contents ix
5 Human Rights 100
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 103
The International Covenants on Human Rights 106
Other Human-Rights Activities 110
Apartheid 114
Conclusions 116
6 From Colonialism to Independence 120
Declaration on Non-Self-Governing Territories 121
The Trusteeship System 122
Declaration on Granting of Independence 123
The Special Committee on Decolonization 123
Namibia 124
The Imposition of Economic Sanctions 128
Remaining Colonial Issues 129
Conclusion 130
7 Cooperation for Economic and Social Progress 132
Global Conferences 133
Economic and Social Data 135
Economic Development and Reduction of Poverty 136
Technical Assistance 137
UN Population Fund 139
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) 140
UN Volunteers 140
UN Children s Fund (UNICEF) 141
UN Conference on Trade and Development 141
GATT and WTO 143
New International Economic Order 144
The Global Environment 145
Refugees and Disasters 147
Narcotic Drugs Control 149
AIDS 149
Conventional Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation 150
x Contents
8 As the 1990s End: an Unsettled UN 153
The Five Policemen 155
The Third World 156
Collective Legitimization 157
The Secretary-General 159
The Specialized Agencies 160
The UN near the Year 2000 162
Appendix: Charter of the United Nations 164
Bibliography 190
Index 197
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