An insider's guide to the UN /
Fasulo, Linda M.
An insider's guide to the UN / Linda Fasulo. - New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2003. - 245 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- International crime and drug trafficking.
0300101554 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300101546 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0300107625 (pbk.)
2003010668
United Nations--Popular works.
An insider's guide to the UN / Linda Fasulo. - New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2003. - 245 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- International crime and drug trafficking.
0300101554 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300101546 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0300107625 (pbk.)
2003010668
United Nations--Popular works.