United Nations Today/ (Record no. 179860)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9211011604 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
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| Classification number | 341.23 |
| Item number | UNI |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | United Nations Today/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | United Nations |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | United Nations, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 388 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | PART ONE<br/>Chapter 1: The United Nations Organization<br/>United Nations Charter.<br/>Purposes and principles .<br/>Membership . . .<br/>Official languages .<br/>Structure of the Organization . .<br/>General Assembly<br/>Security Council.<br/>Economic and Social Council<br/>Trusteeship Council<br/>International Court of Justice<br/>Secretariat . . . .<br/>Secretary-General<br/>Budget of the United Nations. .<br/>TKe United Nations family of organizations .<br/>United Nations Secretariat.<br/>Regional commissions . . .<br/>International tribunals. . .<br/>United Nations programmes and other bodies<br/>Specialized agencies and other organizations .<br/>PARTTWO<br/>Chapter 2: International Peace and Security.<br/>Tlie Security Council.<br/>The General Assembly<br/>Conflict prevention .<br/>Peacemaking.<br/>Peacekeeping<br/>Enforcement.<br/>Sanctions<br/>Authorizing military action<br/>Peacebuilding .<br/>Electoral assistance<br/>Building peace through development .<br/>United Nations action for peace. . . .<br/>Africa<br/>Southern Africa<br/>Great Lakes region of Africa<br/>West Africa<br/>East Africa. . . .<br/>The Americas . . .<br/>Asia and the Pacific .<br/>The Middle East ,<br/>Afghanistan . .<br/>Iraq<br/>India-Pakistan . .<br/>Tajikistan ... .<br/>Cambodia ... .<br/>Myanmar ... .<br/>Nepal<br/>Bougainville / Papua New Guinea<br/>Timor-Leste<br/>Europe . .. .<br/>Cyprus. . .<br/>Georgia . .<br/>The Balkans<br/>Disarmament<br/>Disarmament machinery ....<br/>Weapons of mass destruction<br/>Conventional weapons, confidence-building and transparency<br/>Peaceful uses of outer space<br/>Latest developments. . . .<br/>Chapter 3: Economic and Social Development<br/>Coordinating development activities . .<br/>Economic development<br/>Official development assistance. . .<br/>Promoting development worldwide<br/>Lending for development . .<br/>Lending for stability<br/>Investment and development.<br/>Trade and development . . .<br/>Agricultural development<br/>Industrial development.<br/>Labour<br/>International aviation<br/>International shipping<br/>Telecommunications.<br/>International postal service.<br/>Intellectual property .<br/>Global statistics . . .<br/>Public administration<br/>Science and technology for development.<br/>Social development . .<br/>Progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals<br/>Reducing poverty .<br/>Fighting hunger . .<br/>Health<br/>Human settlements<br/>Education<br/>Research and training<br/>Population and development<br/>Gender equality and empowerment of women<br/>Promoting the rights of the child.<br/>Social integration .<br/>Families.<br/>Youth. .<br/>Older persons. .<br/>Indigenous issues<br/>Persons with disabilities. ...<br/>Uncivil society: crime, illicit drugs and terrorism. .<br/>Science, culture and communication .<br/>Sustainable development.<br/>Agenda 21<br/>World Summit on Sustainable Development<br/>Financing sustainable development. .<br/>Action for the environment<br/>Climate change and global warming .<br/>Small islands<br/>Sustainable forest management. . . .<br/>Desertification<br/>Biodiversity, pollution and overfishing<br/>Protecting the marine environment. .<br/>Weather, climate and water. .<br/>Natural resources and energy.<br/>Nuclear safety .<br/>Chapter 4: Human Rights . . .<br/>Human rights instruments<br/>International Bill of Human Rights .<br/>Economic, social and cultural rights .<br/>Civil and political rights .<br/>Other conventions . ...<br/>Other standards<br/>Human rights machinery. . .<br/>Human Rights Council .<br/>UN High Commissioner for Human Rights .<br/>Promoting and protecting human rights.<br/>The right to development<br/>The right to food . . . .<br/>The rights of labour . . .<br/>The struggle against discrimination .<br/>Apartheid<br/>Racism<br/>The rights of women . .<br/>The rights of children . .<br/>The rights of minorities .<br/>Indigenous peoples . .<br/>Persons with disabilities<br/>Migrant workers . .. .<br/>Administration of justice . . .<br/>Future priorities<br/>Chapter 5: Humanitarian Action . .<br/>Coordinating humanitarian action<br/>Providing assistance and protection<br/>International protection and assistance to refugees<br/>Palestine refugees<br/>Chapter 6: International Law<br/>Judicial settlement of disputes i i<br/>Development and codification of international law<br/>International trade law<br/>Environmental law<br/>Law of the sea • • •<br/>International humanitarian law<br/>Internation.il tribunals<br/>IX<br/>Incernacionai terrorism<br/>Other legal questions<br/>Chapter 7: Decolonization.<br/>International trusteeship system . . .<br/>Non-Self-Governing Territories. . . .<br/>Declaration on the Granting of Indepenaence to<br/>Colonial Countries and Peoples<br/>Namibia<br/>Timor-Leste<br/>Western Sahara<br/>PART THREE<br/>APPENDICES<br/>United Nations member states .<br/>Growth in United Nations membership, 1945-2006<br/>Peacekeeping operations, past and present.<br/>Decolonization<br/>Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories independent<br/>since 1960<br/>Dependent Territories that have become integrated or<br/>associated with independent states since 1960<br/>Trust Territories that have achieved self-determination . .<br/>Budget of the United Nations . . .<br/>United Nations special observances<br/>United Nations information centres, services and offices<br/>For flirther reading.<br/>INDEX ,<br/>Boxes<br/>Chapter 1<br/>Amendments to the United Nations Charter.<br/>Previous Secretaries-General<br/>2005 World Summit Outcome<br/>The United Nations and the Nobel Peace Prize.<br/>A World of Support for the United Nations . .<br/>Reform and revitalization: peacekeeping and disarmament<br/>Cb^ter 2<br/>The new peacebuilding architecture . . .<br/>The responsibility to protect<br/>Who commands peacekeeping operations<br/>United Nations peacekeeping operations<br/>United Nations Political and peacebuliding missions.<br/>An interim administrator<br/>Africa: a United Nations priority (peace and security)<br/>UNAMID: the UN's first hybrid peacekeeping mission . .<br/>Oil for food: fact and fiction . .<br/>Multilateral disarmament and arms regulation agreements .<br/>Bilateral agreements . . . .<br/>The fight against landmines<br/>UNISPACE conferences . .<br/>Oi^terS<br/>Making globalization work for all<br/>The United Nations competitive advantage.<br/>International Conference on Financing for Development. .<br/>Africa: a United Nations priority (economic and social)<br/>Foreign direct investment and development<br/>Promoting equitable trade<br/>Major world conferences since 1990 . .<br/>World Summit for Social Development<br/>Millennium Declaration targets . . . .<br/>On the verge of a polio-free world . . .<br/>Malaria and tuberculosis . . . .<br/>The UN combats HIV/AIDS. .<br/>World conferences on women .<br/>A World Fit for Children. . . .<br/>An Alliance of Civilizations . .<br/>Sustainable development summits<br/>Changing human behaviour . . .<br/>Synthesis report on climate change<br/>Chapter 4<br/>Defining universal rights<br/>The United Nations Democracy Fund .<br/>Special rapporteurs and working groups<br/>World Conference on Human Rights .<br/>Technical cooperation programme . . .<br/>Chapters<br/>The Indian Ocean Earthquake-Tsunami of December 2004<br/>Coordinating emergency relief.<br/>Protecting children in war . . .<br/>Protecting UN staff and humanitarian workers.<br/>Refugees in their own country .<br/>People in flight. . .<br/>Chapter 6<br/>The International Criminal Court<br/>Chapter 7<br/>Territories to which the Declaration on decolonization<br/>continues to apply .<br/>Charts and maps<br/>Chapter 1<br/>Principal Offices of the United Nations<br/>The United Nations system .<br/>Chapter 2<br/>United Nations peacekeeping operations.<br/>Political and peacebuilding missions . . .<br/>Chapter 3<br/>Foreign investment inflows to developing countries, 1990-2006<br/>Total primary energy supply by source, 2002<br/>Chapter 4<br/>Women's participation in national parliaments across regions. .<br/>Chapter 5<br/>Pulling together for tsunami aid and recovery . . |
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