A History Of The United Nations

Author : Jussi M. Hanhimäki
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190222727

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The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction by Jussi M. Hanhimäki Pdf

After seven decades of existence has the UN become obsolete? Is it ripe for retirement? As Jussi Hanhimäki proves in the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, the answer is no. In the second decade of the twenty-first century the UN remains an indispensable organization that continues to save lives and improve the world as its founders hoped. Since its original publication in 2008, this 2nd edition includes more recent examples of the UN Security Council in action and peacekeeping efforts while exploring its most recent successes and failures. After a brief history of the United Nations and its predecessor, the League of Nations, Hanhimäki examines the UN's successes and failures as a guardian of international peace and security, as a promoter of human rights, as a protector of international law, and as an engineer of socio-economic development. This updated edition highlights what continues to make the UN a complicated organization today, and the ongoing challenges between its ambitions and capabilities. Hanhimäki also provides a clear account of the UN and its various arms and organizations (such as UNESCO and UNICEF), and offers a critical overview of the UN Security Council's involvement in recent crises in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya, and Syria, and how likely it is to meet its overall goals in the future. Regardless of its obstacles, the UN is likely to survive for the foreseeable future. That alone makes trying to understand the UN in all its manifold - magnificent and frustrating - complexity a worthy task. With this much-needed updated introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimäki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how it has come to its present form, and how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly changing world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Stanley Meisler
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780802194992

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United Nations by Stanley Meisler Pdf

“This is a definitive account of the United Nations for a general audience, told by a master.” —Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post United Nations: A History begins with its creation in 1945. Although the organization was created to prevent war, many conflicts have arisen, ranging from the Korean War, to the Six-Day War, to genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda. Stanley Meisler’s in-depth research examines the crises and many key political leaders. In this second edition, Meisler brings his popular history up to date with accounts of the power struggles of the last fifteen years, specifically spotlighting the terms of secretaries-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan, and Ban Ki-moon. This is an important, riveting, and impartial guide through the past and recent events of the sixty-five-year history of the United Nations. “Balanced and insightful, this book is a must for anyone who wants to understand where the U.N. has been and, more importantly, how we might best use its potential for the future.” —Thomas R. Pickering, former US ambassador to the UN

Author : Evan Luard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1982-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349167579

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A History of the United Nations by Evan Luard Pdf

This, the first volume of a major work, describes the establishment of the United Nations, the controversies and debates within the organization and the political factors surrounding these during the first ten years of its life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:909900748

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Atlantic Charter by Anonim Pdf

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 9211013720

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The Essential UN. by United Nations Pdf

"Everything you always wanted to know about the United Nations in one book! This primer to the United Nations is designed for all global citizens. It covers the history of the UN, what it does and how it does it. As the world's only truly global organization, the United Nations is where countries meet to address universal issues that cannot be resolved by any one of them acting alone. From international peace and security to sustainable development, climate change, human rights, and humanitarian action, the United Nations acts on our behalf around the world." --

Author : Olav Stokke
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253003324

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The UN and Development by Olav Stokke Pdf

The UN and Development provides the first comprehensive overview of the development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s to the present. With an explicit focus on the history of the ideas that have been generated, institutionalized, and implemented by UN organizations, this book examines changing trends in development paradigms from the concept of technical assistance to underdeveloped countries, as they were called in the late 1940s, to development cooperation in the 21st century. Olav Stokke traces this fascinating story and demonstrates the UN's essential role and its future challenges in aiding the least developed countries and the globe's billion poorest inhabitants.

Author : Evan Luard,revised Derek Heater
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349232277

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The United Nations by Evan Luard,revised Derek Heater Pdf

'This book is exactly what the subtitle indicates. It is a highly knowledgeable, realistic - yet positive - review and assessment of the United Nations. Convenient for use in courses on international organization. The reviewer would particularly recommend it to individuals connected officially or otherwise professionally concerned with the United Nations'. American Journal of International Law In the first edition of this book the late Evan Luard questioned whether or not the UN had failed and suggested ways in which the institution could be improved. Into this context he placed analyses of the operation of the Security Council, the General Assembly, economic and social bodies, the World Court and the International Law Commission, the Secretariat and the budget. In preparing this new edition Derek Heater has up-dated the core material and written a new concluding chapter showing how, since the mid- 1980s, the UN has perhaps been acquiring a new lease of life.

Author : John E. Trent,Laura Schnurr
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783847412168

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A United Nations Renaissance by John E. Trent,Laura Schnurr Pdf

This short introduction to the United Nations analyzes the organization as itis today, and how it can be transformed to respond to its critics. Combiningessential information about its history and workings with practical proposalsof how it can be strengthened, Trent and Schnurr examine what needs to bedone, and also how we can actually move toward the required reforms. Thisbook is written for a new generation of change-makers — a generation seekingbetter institutions that reflect the realities of the 21st century and that can actcollectively in the interest of all.

Author : Evan Luard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1076092582

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A History of the United Nations. 1: 1945-1955 by Evan Luard Pdf

Author : Thomas G. Weiss,Sam Daws
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192524652

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The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations by Thomas G. Weiss,Sam Daws Pdf

This Handbook provides in one volume an authoritative and independent treatment of the UN's seventy-year history, written by an international cast of more than 50 distinguished scholars, analysts, and practitioners. It provides a clear and penetrating examination of the UN's development since 1945 and the challenges and opportunities now facing the organization. It assesses the implications for the UN of rapid changes in the world - from technological innovation to shifting foreign policy priorities - and the UN's future place in a changing multilateral landscape. Citations and additional readings contain a wealth of primary and secondary references to the history, politics, and law of the world organization. This key reference also contains appendices of the UN Charter, the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Author : Ruth B. Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015002184508

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A History of the United Nations Charter by Ruth B. Russell Pdf

This is an account of a critical period in international diplomacy. It is the story of the effort between 1940 and 1945 to fashion a world orgranization to keep the future peace. The book deals with the Atlantic Charter and the conferences at Moscow, Cairo, Teheran, Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco that finally led to the United Nations Charter. It shows how the strategic decisions leading to military victory simultaneously helped to determine the conditions of postwar settlement, and its foreshadows some of the frustrations and conflicts of the decade that followed.

Author : Ian Shapiro,Joseph Lampert
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300182538

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Charter of the United Nations by Ian Shapiro,Joseph Lampert Pdf

This volume contains the full text of the United Nations Charter and the Statute of the International Court of Justice, as well as related historical documents. They are accompanied by ten original essays on the Charter and its legacy by distinguished scholars and former high-level UN officials. The commentaries illuminate the early and ongoing roles of the United Nations in responding to international crises, debates about the UN’s architecture and its reform, and its role in global governance, climate change, peacekeeping, and development. A concise and accessible introduction to the UN for students, this collection also offers important new scholarship that will be of interest to experts.

Author : David J. Whittaker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135370398

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The United Nations In Action by David J. Whittaker Pdf

This is a clear survey of the role played by the United Nations in the major political crises of the post-war world. In covering its high-profile, peace-keeping role, its support of new nations, and its involvement in new initiatives such as famine relief and drug control, the author presents an introduction to the UN in action.

Author : Karen A. Mingst,Margaret P. Karns,Alynna J. Lyon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000537680

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The United Nations in the 21st Century by Karen A. Mingst,Margaret P. Karns,Alynna J. Lyon Pdf

The United Nations in the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN. It explores the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the UN as well as major global trends and challenges facing the organization today, including changing major power dynamics, new threats to peace and security, the migration and refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the existential challenges of climate change and sustainability. Thoroughly revised and expanded, it contains two new chapters on the UN and the environment and on human security, including issues of health, food security, global migration, and human trafficking. There is enhanced analysis of theoretical perspectives on post-colonialism, feminist theory, constructivism, and non-Western views. New content has also been added on the UN’s budget crisis, public–private partnerships, and the role of women in the organization. By examining the UN as an intergovernmental organization facing the broader need for global cooperation to address economic, social, and environmental interdependencies alongside the threats posed by rising nationalism and populism, this popular text is the perfect reference for all students and practitioners of international organizations, global governance, and international relations.

Author : S. Neil MacFarlane,Yuen Foong Khong
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0253111994

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Human Security and the UN by S. Neil MacFarlane,Yuen Foong Khong Pdf

How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role of the United Nations in "securing" the individual? What are the payoffs and costs of this extension of the concept? Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong tackle these questions by analyzing historical and contemporary debates about what is to be secured. From Westphalia through the 19th century, the state's claim to be the object of security was sustainable because it offered its subjects some measure of protection. The state's ability to provide security for its citizens came under heavy strain in the 20th century as a result of technological, strategic, and ideological innovations. By the end of World War II, efforts to reclaim the security rights of individuals gathered pace, as seen in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a host of United Nations covenants and conventions. MacFarlane and Khong highlight the UN's work in promoting human security ideas since the 1940s, giving special emphasis to its role in extending the notion of security to include development, economic, environmental, and other issues in the 1990s.