No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations
eBook - ePub

No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations

About this book

In the first book to distill the entire history of the United Nations into one accessible volume, Maggie Black explains how this complex organization works. In doing so, she explores its successes, failings, and limitations.

This No-Nonsense Guide addresses the U.N.'s creation and early history, how it is structured, and whether it can effectively fulfill its mandate. The author considers possibilities for reform to make it more democratic and efficient.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Great expectations
  6. 2 Ending the scourge of war
  7. 3 Rescue and relief
  8. 4 UN development assistance: good, bad or indifferent?
  9. 5 Human rights: the law and the prophets
  10. 6 Protecting and managing the global commons
  11. 7 The future: what chances of UN reform?
  12. List of bodies within the UN system
  13. Copyright