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An insider's guide to the UN / Linda Fasulo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 262 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780300141979 (paperbound : alk. paper)
  • 0300141971 (paperbound : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 341.23 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ4984.6 .F37 2009
Contents:
Introducing the UN -- Founding documents -- The secretary-general and the secretariat -- The American ambassador -- The Security Council -- The General Assembly and ECOSOC -- Rubbing elbows and egos in the UN village -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Peace operations -- Stopping international terrorism and WMD proliferation -- Climate change -- The rule of law and human rights -- UN finances -- The call for reform -- UN agencies, programs, and commissions -- Stars in the UN firmament -- The coup against Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- Making a career at the UN.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.

Introducing the UN -- Founding documents -- The secretary-general and the secretariat -- The American ambassador -- The Security Council -- The General Assembly and ECOSOC -- Rubbing elbows and egos in the UN village -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Peace operations -- Stopping international terrorism and WMD proliferation -- Climate change -- The rule of law and human rights -- UN finances -- The call for reform -- UN agencies, programs, and commissions -- Stars in the UN firmament -- The coup against Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- Making a career at the UN.

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