The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights, and Development
by20200930
ABC-CLIO
Pages | 384 |
Topics | Arms Control and Disarmament;Environmental Protection;Human Rights;Human Rights Council;International Criminal Court;Peacekeeping;Sustainable Development Goals;Terrorism;UN Children's Fund (UNICEF);UN Environment Programme (UNEP);UN Security Council |
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Kille, Kent and Lyon, Alynna. The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights, and Development. ABC-CLIO, 2020. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440851575.
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Kille, Kent, and Alynna Lyon. The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights, and Development. ABC-CLIO, 2020. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440851575
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Kille, K. & Lyon, A. (2020). The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights, and Development. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440851575
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This key resource for anyone interested in the United Nations, global issues, or world politics provides accessible and comprehensive coverage of the history, growth, and development of ideas and institutions governing the globe.
The United Nations has been an essential actor in world politics for 75 years. Its entities have eliminated smallpox, protected the ozone layer, promoted arms control, and helped to save the lives of over 90 million children. Yet, it is frequently criticized as ineffective and antiquated. This book provides a balanced and systematic overview of the UN's contributions and challenges, highlighting areas where it plays an essential role in global governance as well as areas of redundancy and needed reform.
This book provides readers with a clear, well-organized reference resource to the entire UN system—its principal organs, specialized agencies, programs and funds, and key issues of engagement. Through individual entries, it examines the history of UN engagement, ranging from peace and security to migration and climate change. It moves beyond a simple description of UN entities as it assesses the development of ideas (such as that of sustainable development), as well as responses to changes in world politics. Finally, it presents both the significant successes of UN work and continued challenges.
- Meticulously researched, accessible entries written by two prominent UN scholars
- Entries on both successes and continued challenges of the UN system
- Primary source documents key to the founding of the UN
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights, and Development
Author(s): Kille, Kent; Lyon, Alynna;Contributors: Kille, Kent; Lyon, Alynna;Abstract:This key resource for anyone interested in the United Nations, global issues, or world politics provides accessible and comprehensive coverage of the history, growth, and development of ideas and institutions governing the globe.
The United Nations has been an essential actor in world politics for 75 years. Its entities have eliminated smallpox, protected the ozone layer, promoted arms control, and helped to save the lives of over 90 million children. Yet, it is frequently criticized as ineffective and antiquated. This book provides a balanced and systematic overview of the UN's contributions and challenges, highlighting areas where it plays an essential role in global governance as well as areas of redundancy and needed reform.
This book provides readers with a clear, well-organized reference resource to the entire UN system—its principal organs, specialized agencies, programs and funds, and key issues of engagement. Through individual entries, it examines the history of UN engagement, ranging from peace and security to migration and climate change. It moves beyond a simple description of UN entities as it assesses the development of ideas (such as that of sustainable development), as well as responses to changes in world politics. Finally, it presents both the significant successes of UN work and continued challenges.
- Meticulously researched, accessible entries written by two prominent UN scholars
- Entries on both successes and continued challenges of the UN system
- Primary source documents key to the founding of the UN
SortTitle: united nations: 75 years of promoting peace, human rights, and developmentAuthor Info:Kent J. KilleauthorAlynna J. LyonauthoreISBN-13: 9781440851575Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440851575.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440851568Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 384Publication Date: 20200930- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Acknowledgments xi12
- United Nations System Organizational Chart xii13
- Part I. United Nations Founding, Purposes, and Principles 116
- Part II. United Nations Principal Organs 1328
- Part III. The United Nations System 4762
- Introduction 4762
- Specialized Agencies 4863
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4863
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 5267
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 5570
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 5873
- International Maritime Organization (IMO) 6277
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) 6580
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 6984
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 7287
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 7792
- Universal Postal Union (UPU) 8095
- World Bank Group 8499
- World Health Organization (WHO) 87102
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 90105
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 94109
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) 97112
- Programmes and Funds 101116
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 101116
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 105120
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 109124
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) 112127
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 116131
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 119134
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) 123138
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 126141
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 130145
- World Food Programme (WFP) 133148
- Other Subsidiary Bodies 136151
- Disarmament Commission 136151
- Functional Commissions 139154
- High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 141156
- Human Rights Council 144159
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 147162
- Peacebuilding Commission 150165
- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 152167
- Regional Commissions 155170
- Research and Training Institutes 157172
- Related Organizations 160175
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 160175
- International Criminal Court (ICC) 162177
- International Organization for Migration (IOM) 165180
- International Seabed Authority (ISA) 167182
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 170185
- Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) 173188
- World Trade Organization (WTO) 175190
- Part IV. Individual Actors in the United Nations System 189204
- Introduction 189204
- Secretaries-General 190205
- Deputy Secretary-General 211226
- Special Representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSGs) 213228
- President of General Assembly 215230
- President of Security Council 217232
- Executive Heads of Specialized Agencies 219234
- Member State Ambassadors and Delegates 221236
- United States Ambassadors to the United Nations 223238
- Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace 226241
- Part V. United Nations Concepts and Issues 229244
- Introduction 229244
- Arms Control and Disarmament 230245
- Collective Security 232247
- Cybersecurity 233248
- Economic Development 235250
- Environmental Protection 237252
- Global Commons 241256
- Health 243258
- Human Rights 245260
- Human Security 249264
- Indigenous Peoples 251266
- Membership 252267
- Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) 255270
- Peacebuilding 257272
- Peaceful Settlement 259274
- Peacekeeping 261276
- Refugees and Migration 263278
- Regionalism 265280
- Responsibility to Protect (R2P) 267282
- Role of Great Powers 270285
- Self-Determination 272287
- Sustainable Development 274289
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 276291
- Terrorism 279294
- United Nations Budget and Financing 282297
- United Nations Conferences and Summits 284299
- United Nations Headquarters 285300
- United Nations Reform 287302
- Voting and Negotiating Blocs 289304
- Women and Gender 291306
- Part VI. Documents 295310
- Appendix: United Nations International Days (as of 2020) 335350
- Bibliography 341356
- Index 347362
- About the Authors 365380