The United Nations system : a reference handbook /
Alger, Chadwick F., 1924-
The United Nations system : a reference handbook / Chadwick F. Alger. - xvi, 375 p. - Contemporary world issues . - Contemporary world issues. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- The ambivalent participation of the United States in the UN system -- Chronology of the emergence and development of the UN system -- Facts and data -- Alternative futures for the UN system -- Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies -- Biographical sketches of present heads of UN system organizations -- Selected print and nonprint resources. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
"Rising from the ashes of World War II, the UN's birth was announced on October 24, 1945. Its military arm began in 1948 with the deployment of just 36 soldiers, tasked with supervising a fragile cease-fire in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since then it has undertaken more than 50 peacekeeping missions and concluded 500 multilateral conventions on human rights, arms control, environment, terrorism, and many other subjects.The United Nations System examines the continuing controversy that surrounds this organization. Whereas conservatives accuse the UN of wavering in the face of gross violations of its own resolutions by Saddam Hussein, many liberals have lambasted it for failing to take decisive action against genocide in the Balkans and in Rwanda. Highly readable and packed with useful facts and illustrations, this book is essential reading for those who wish to make up their own minds."--Publisher description.
1851098054 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1851098062 (ebook)
2005025406
United Nations--History.
JZ4986 / .A44 2005
341.23
The United Nations system : a reference handbook / Chadwick F. Alger. - xvi, 375 p. - Contemporary world issues . - Contemporary world issues. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- The ambivalent participation of the United States in the UN system -- Chronology of the emergence and development of the UN system -- Facts and data -- Alternative futures for the UN system -- Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies -- Biographical sketches of present heads of UN system organizations -- Selected print and nonprint resources. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
"Rising from the ashes of World War II, the UN's birth was announced on October 24, 1945. Its military arm began in 1948 with the deployment of just 36 soldiers, tasked with supervising a fragile cease-fire in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since then it has undertaken more than 50 peacekeeping missions and concluded 500 multilateral conventions on human rights, arms control, environment, terrorism, and many other subjects.The United Nations System examines the continuing controversy that surrounds this organization. Whereas conservatives accuse the UN of wavering in the face of gross violations of its own resolutions by Saddam Hussein, many liberals have lambasted it for failing to take decisive action against genocide in the Balkans and in Rwanda. Highly readable and packed with useful facts and illustrations, this book is essential reading for those who wish to make up their own minds."--Publisher description.
1851098054 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1851098062 (ebook)
2005025406
United Nations--History.
JZ4986 / .A44 2005
341.23