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

by Fasulo, Linda M.

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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

United Nations -- Popular works.

0300101554 (cloth : alk. paper) :

0300101546 (pbk. : alk. paper)

xviii, 245 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

An overview -- UN founding documents -- The Secretary General and the Secretariat -- The American ambassadors -- The Security Council -- Peace operations -- The General Assembly -- Coordinating to fight international terrorism -- The UN village -- Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court -- The call for reform -- UN finances -- A tour of UN headquarters -- The coup against Boutros-Ghali -- UN advocates, donors, and friends -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Making a career at the UN -- ECOSOC -- Agencies, programs, and commissions -- Rule of law and human rights -- Social and economic development -- Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants -- UN to the rescue -- Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats -- Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work -- Drug trafficking -- Conclusion -- Appendices. Appendix A: membership of principal United Nations organs in 2002 -- Appendix B: Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Appendix C: UN member states -- Appendix D: How to set up a model UN meeting.

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