Kent J Kille, Alynna J Lyon

The United Nations

75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights, and Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9798765129692
• Artikelnr.: 70353426

Autorenporträt

Kent J. Kille is professor of political science and global and international studies at The College of Wooster, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments United Nations System Organizational Chart Part I United
Nations Founding, Purposes, and Principles Introduction United Nations
Historical Background Charter of the United Nations United Nations Purposes
United Nations Principles Part II United Nations Principal Organs
Introduction General Assembly Security Council Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) Secretariat International Court of Justice (ICJ) Trusteeship
Council Part III The United Nations System Introduction Specialized
Agencies Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International
Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Bank Group World
Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Programmes and Funds United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women (UN Women) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations Human
Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East (UNRWA) World Food Programme (WFP) Other Subsidiary Bodies
Disarmament Commission Functional Commissions High-level Political Forum on
Sustainable Development (HLPF) Human Rights Council Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Peacebuilding Commission Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues Regional Commissions Research and Training Institutes
Related Organizations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Criminal Court (ICC) International Organization for Migration
(IOM) International Seabed Authority (ISA) Organization for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)
Part IV Individual Actors in the United Nations System Introduction
Secretaries-General Office of Secretary-General Trygve Lie Dag Hammarskjöld
U Thant Kurt Waldheim Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Boutros Boutros-Ghali Kofi
Annan Ban Ki-moon António Guterres Deputy Secretary-General Special
Representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSGs) President
of General Assembly President of Security Council Executive Heads of
Specialized Agencies Member State Ambassadors and Delegates United States
Ambassadors to the United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of
Peace Part V United Nations Concepts and Issues Introduction Arms Control
and Disarmament Collective Security Cybersecurity Economic Development
Environmental Protection Global Commons Health Human Rights Human Security
Indigenous Peoples Membership Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
Peacebuilding Peaceful Settlement Peacekeeping Refugees and Migration
Regionalism Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Role of Great Powers
Self-Determination Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) Terrorism United Nations Budget and Financing United Nations
Conferences and Summits United Nations Headquarters United Nations Reform
Voting and Negotiating Blocs Women and Gender Part VI Documents Charter of
the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Sample United
Nations General Assembly Resolution: A/RES/73/241 (2018) United Nations
Security Council S/RES/1325 (2000) Appendix: United Nations International
Days (as of 2020) Bibliography Index