The United Nations in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific /
Roderic Alley.
- xiii, 255 pages : map ; 23 cm.
- International political economy series .
- International political economy series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.
List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The UN and Cambodia -- Key Dilemmas -- The UN and State Interest 1979-86 -- Substantive differences -- The UN as Humanitarian: 1979-86 -- Emergent Flexibility 1985-90 -- The Paris Agreements: An Uneasy Amalgam -- Implementation -- Human Rights -- Whose 'Cambodia'? -- The UN and Refugees -- The Boat People and the 1979 Geneva Conference -- The 1989 Comprehensive Plan of Action -- Cambodia -- Myanmar and Indonesia -- The Rohingya Muslims -- Indonesia and Papua New Guinea -- The UN and Development -- ESCAP -- UNDP -- The UNDP in Southeast Asia -- The UN and Social Amelioration in Southeast Asia -- The South Pacific -- The UNDP in the South Pacific -- Social Amelioration in the South Pacific -- UN Development Initiatives Assessed -- The UN and the Environment -- North/South Polarizations -- Environmental and Resources Sovereignty: Southeast Asia -- Forests -- ASEAN's Cautious Environmental Diplomacy -- The South Pacific -- The 1994 Barbados Conference -- Coordination in the South Pacific -- The UN and Human Rights -- The Role of the UN -- Praxis -- Indonesia -- Myanmar -- The Philippines -- State Response in Southeast Asia -- The South Pacific -- Papua New Guinea and Bougainville -- The South Pacific: Indigenous Rights -- The NGO dimension -- The UN and the Advancement of Women -- Women in Asia-Pacific -- The UN Conference Sequence -- Preparatory Deliberations -- The Jakarta Plan of Action -- The Beijing Conference -- The NGO Dimension and Beijing -- Post-Beijing Challenges -- The UN/Regional Interface -- ASEAN -- ASEAN Norm Creation -- The South Pacific Forum -- South Pacific Norm Creation -- Humanitarianism: The Regional/UN Dimension -- Political interactions -- The UN and State Conduct -- Constitutive State Factors: East Timor -- Societal Dimensions of State Conduct -- Distinctive State Interest Promotion -- Peacekeeping -- Preventative Diplomacy -- Positions Towards UN Reform -- South Pacific State Interest -- Conclusions -- Continuing Legacies -- Sovereignty Considerations -- The UN as Corridor of Hierarchy -- Civil and Cultural Factors -- Problems of Complementarity -- Possible Future Directions -- Select Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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United Nations--Asia, Southeastern. United Nations--Oceania.