Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn’t. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right authority and adequate resources. UN mission…
This volume includes more than 200 key United Nations documents relating to all aspects of the situation. An extensive introduction by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and a detailed chronology complement the texts.
The modest, white-walled Noor Al-Ihsan mosque on the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh was one of the two oldest buildings in the Cambodian capital. When the city, supposedly founded in 1434, celebrated its 550th anniversary in 1984, few if any Phnom Penh buildings predated the nineteenth century. A sign in Arabic and Khmer above the old mosque's entrance dated its foundation to 1813. That was j…
New Millennium, New Perspectives:The United Nations, Security, and Governance analyzes a number of pressing international challenges relating to security and gover nance in a policy oriented, forward looking manner.The authors address a number of overarching questions - such as the impact of globalization, key challenges in the short and medium terms, the manner in which national governments an…
A collection of speeches and writings by Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore's long-time ambassador to the UN. He provides an insider's view of the workings and failings of the UN system, multilateral negotiations, bargaining, and Singapore's economic progress and foreign policy options. Accessible to general readers, policy makers, and academic specialists interested in international organizations …
In this elegantly written book Brian Urquhart, a renowned international figure and former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, gives a dramatic account of world affairs during his forty years at the United Nations.
"In this important, engaging memoir Sadako Ogata recounts the experiences and lessons of her tenure as United Nations high commissioner for refugees during the "turbulent decade" of the 1990s. A tireless advocate for the victims of war, Ogata tells the on-the-ground story of four volatile regions in which she directed relief: Iraq, the Balkans, the African Great Lakes region, and Afghanistan. S…
This book has long been in the making, although the actual writing has been done in the past year since my retirement as Philippine Foreign Minister. It is a result of a collaborative effort between my wife, Beth Day Romulo, and myself. We began thinking about the book and discussing what might be included in it as early as 1973, when we met in New York at the General Assembly. Back in Manila, …
Madam Secretary: A Memoir is the autobiography of United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, published in 2003. It covers both her life and the eight years she spent in the Clinton administration, first as United States Ambassador to the United Nations and then as head of the State Department.
Peacemonger is a frank insider's account of the UN's successes and failures in keeping the peace world-wide after the Cold War came to an end. This book will enlighten experts and amateurs alike.