Contents: - United Nations multilateral treaties 1. Charter of the United Nations and statute of the international court of justice 2. Pacific settlement of international disputes 3. Privileges and immunities, diplomatic and consular relations, etc. 4. Human rights 5. Refugees and stateless persons etc.
The Nordic countries have played an important role when the UN has set its agenda and have always been among the cornerstones of the organization. In this volume, authors from the Nordic countries discuss the challenges facing the UN as its anniversary year begins and sketch some Nordic approaches to these challenges.
This book contains: 1. Posing the problem: Engulfed or Enlarged 2. Turbulence in world politics 3. The sources of global turbulence 4. The UN as a product of change 5. The UN as an agent of change 6. Caution, confidence, and funding
What value were the widely publicized and well-attended United Nations-sponsored World Conferences in the 1990s? How important are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to the success of such conferences? What was actually accomplished at the global meetings in Rio, Vienna, and Beijing? Were they worth the resources expended on them? Should conferences like the United Nations Conference on Envi…
This third edition of the blue helmets is a unique publication, containing the main facts of 41 United Nations peace-keeping operations from 1948 through early 1996. Wearing their familiar blue helmets or blue berets, military personnel serving as United Nations peace-keepers are increasingly being joined by civilian colleagues. Together, they have been given ever more challenging mandates. Uni…
Despite the high visibility of the United Nations in various peacekeeping operations, the enormous role that it plays in the global arena goes largely unnoticed. This new book focuses on that larger role, bringing to life the evolutionary process of multilateral interaction that is the foundation of the organization, the sometimes heated politics behind its operations, and the key personalities…
The first 365 days of the United Nations Human Rights Council are behind us. This book gives those involved in the creation of the Human Rights Council and those involved in the Institution-Building process the possibility to give their perspective and to talk about their experiences. Various photographs by Christian Lutz record the dialogue in the Human Rights Council and show that multilatera…
This book reviews sixty years of international investment rule-making and identifies main trends in current treaty practice, as well as the core characteristics of the existing universe of International Investment Agreements (IIAs) at the beginning of the 21st century. Based on this analysis, the third part describes the main challenges for policy makers and IIA negotiators deriving from the pr…
Contents: 1. Changing landscape of the global south 2. Trends and dynamics of south-south trade 3. South-south flows of foreign direct investment 4. South-south cooperation in industrialization etc.
Razali Ismail examines his years at the United Nations during a time when multilateral diplomacy struggled to find relevance towards the end of the Cold War and after. He writes about the interplay of diplomacy and international relations in the backdrop of the two Gulf wars, Bosnia and Palestine, and turmoil in certain parts of Africa. Razali has used detailed material and original document…