An insider's guide to the UN
By: Linda Fasulo
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: United Nations -- Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index
Table of contents: title: An overview; title: UN founding documents; title: The Secretary General and the Secretariat; title: The American ambassadors; title: The Security Council; title: Peace operations; title: The General Assembly; title: Coordinating to fight international terrorism; title: The UN village; title: Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court; title: The call for reform; title: UN finances; title: A tour of UN headquarters; title: The coup against Boutros-Ghali; title: UN advocates, donors, and friends; title: Keeping tabs on how nations vote; title: Making a career at the UN; title: ECOSOC; title: Agencies, programs, and commissions; title: Rule of law and human rights; title: Social and economic development; title: Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants; title: UN to the rescue; title: Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats; title: Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work; title: International crime and drug trafficking