From global apartheid to global village : Africa and the United Nations / edited by Adekeye Adebajo. - xxviii, 664 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- Ending global apartheid : Africa and the United Nations / Adekeye Adebajo -- The United Nations and the Muslim world : allies or adversaries? / Ali A. Mazrui -- The Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and the Secretariat / James O.C. Jonah -- The role of the Secretary-General / Adekeye Adebajo -- The Trusteeship Council : decolonisation and liberation / Tor Sellström -- The International Court of Justice / Muna Ndulo -- Africa's stake in UN reform / Chris Landsberg -- The evolution of the idea of 'sovereignty as responsibility' / Francis M. Deng -- The UN Human Rights Council : new wine in old bottles? / Cameron Jacobs and Jody Kollapen -- The UN's mediation role / Ibrahim A. Gambari -- Overheating Chapter VII? The Security Council and Africa's post-Cold War conflicts / Musifiky Mwanasali -- The UN and Africa's regional organisations / Margaret Vogt -- UN peacekeeping in Southern Africa : Namibia, Angola and Mozambique / Chris Saunders -- UN peacekeeping in West Africa : Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire / Comfort Ero -- UN peacekeeping in the Great Lakes region : the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- UN peacekeeping in the Horn of Africa : Somalia, Ethiopia/Eritrea and Sudan / Medhane Tadesse -- UN peacekeeping in North Africa : Egypt and Western Sahara / Hakima Abbas -- The UN Peacekeeping Commission / Tim Murithi -- The UN Economic Commission for Africa / Adebayo Adedeji -- The UN Development Programme / Mbaya Kankwenda -- The UN Conference on Trade and Development / Tunde Zack-Williams -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme / René Verduijn -- The World Health Organization, UNAIDS and the Global Fund / Angela Ndinga-Muvumba -- The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation / Douglas A. Yates -- The International Labour Organisation / Mary Chinery-Hesse -- The UN Environment Programme / Aseghedech Ghirmazion -- The UN Development Fund for Women / Josephine Odera and Irene Zirimwabagabo -- The UN Children's Fund and the Office of the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict / 'Funmi Olonisakin -- The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees / Augustine P. Mahiga -- The Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs / Ahunna Eziakonwa-Onochie -- Appendices. The UN Charter -- Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples : Resolution 1514 (XV) of 1960.

1869141725 9781869141721

2009481015


United Nations--Africa.
United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Africa.
United Nations. Security Council


Peace-building--Africa
Human rights--Africa
Economic development--Africa

JZ4997.5.A35 / F76 2009

341.236