Past imperfect, future UNcertain : the United Nations at fifty
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Past imperfect, future UNcertain : the United Nations at fifty
Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 1998
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- : uk : pbk
- : us : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: us : cloth ISBN 9780312212469
Description
The United Nations opened up new horizons in 1945; but the steps taken since then have been small, hesitant and limited. The founding dream of a world community equal in rights and united in vision has never come close to being realised. The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a central player in world affairs. These hopes were seemingly dashed in Somalia, Rwanda and Bosnia. Has the United Nations abdicated its moral duty as the custodian of our hopes for a better world? In this book, foreign ministers and generals, as well as ambassadors and scholars, provide sober assessments of how the United Nations can meet the challenge of a balance between the desirable and the possible.
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: uk : hbk ISBN 9780333716236
Description
The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a centre player in world affairs. These hopes were seemingly dashed in Somalia, Rwanda and Bosnia. Has the United Nations abdicated its moral duty as the custodian of our hopes for a better world? In this book, foreign ministers, generals, ambassadors, and scholars provide sober assessments of how the United Nations can meet the challenge of a balance between the desirable and the possible.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Forword
- Don McKinnon Introduction
- Ramesh Thakur The Achievements and Shortcomings of the United Nations
- Malcolm Templeton Cooperating for Peace
- Gareth Evans The United Nations and the Mediation of International Disputes
- Jacob Bercovitch UN Peacekeeping
- Reginald H.F. Austin A UN Agenda for Development
- Jorge Heine Peacekeeping in Africa
- Tom O'Reilly The UNTAC Military Component
- John Sanderson The Bosnia Experience
- Michael Rose Reforming The Security Council
- Takahiro Shinyo An Asian Perspective on the United Nations System
- S. K. Singh The Adaptation of the United Nations
- James N. Rosenau
- Reforming the United Nations
- Keith Suter Promoting Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
- Olara A Otunnu Global Governance and the United Nations
- A.J.R. Groom Summary
- Bruce Brown Index
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: uk : pbk ISBN 9780333716243
Description
The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a centre player in world affairs. These hopes were seemingly dashed in Somalia, Rwanda and Bosnia. Has the United Nations abdicated its moral duty as the custodian of our hopes for a better world? In this book, foreign ministers, generals, ambassadors, and scholars provide sober assessments of how the United Nations can meet the challenge of a balance between the desirable and the possible.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Forword
- Don McKinnon Introduction
- Ramesh Thakur The Achievements and Shortcomings of the United Nations
- Malcolm Templeton Cooperating for Peace
- Gareth Evans The United Nations and the Mediation of International Disputes
- Jacob Bercovitch UN Peacekeeping
- Reginald H.F. Austin A UN Agenda for Development
- Jorge Heine Peacekeeping in Africa
- Tom O'Reilly The UNTAC Military Component
- John Sanderson The Bosnia Experience
- Michael Rose Reforming The Security Council
- Takahiro Shinyo An Asian Perspective on the United Nations System
- S. K. Singh The Adaptation of the United Nations
- James N. Rosenau
- Reforming the United Nations
- Keith Suter Promoting Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
- Olara A Otunnu Global Governance and the United Nations
- A.J.R. Groom Summary
- Bruce Brown Index
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