The United Nations system
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Chadwick F. Alger.
Series: Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO; Brand: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: United Nations -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and history; title: Problems, controversies, and solutions; title: The ambivalent participation of the United States in the UN system; title: Chronology of the emergence and development of the UN system; title: Facts and data; title: Alternative futures for the UN system; title: Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies; title: Biographical sketches of present heads of UN system organizations; title: Selected print and nonprint resources.