Preventive Diplomacy at the UN

by Ramcharan, Bertrand G.

• ISBN13: 9780253219831
• ISBN10: 0253219833
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

The concept, practice, and achievements of preventive diplomacy at the UN

Author Biography

Bertrand G. Ramcharan is Professor of International Human Rights Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies and Chancellor of the University of Guyana. He was a member of the UN Secretariat for 32 years and served as Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. He is the author or editor of more than 25 books on international law, human rights, and the United Nations.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword	p. xi
Foreword	p. xvii
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xix
List of Abbreviations	p. xxiii
Secretaries-General on Preventive Diplomacy	p. xxv
Introduction	p. 1
Preventive Diplomacy in the Concert of Europe, the Hague Peace Conferences, the League of Nations, and the UN Charter	p. 10
UN Policies and Doctrines of Preventive Diplomacy	p. 24
The Practice of Preventive Diplomacy by the Security Council	p. 61
The Practice of Preventive Diplomacy by the Secretaries-General	p. 79
Preventive Diplomacy during the Cuban Missile Crisis	p. 105
The Practice of Preventive Diplomacy by Representatives of the Secretary-General and UN Subregional Offices	p. 117
The Preventive Role of UN Peacekeepers and Observers	p. 138
Preventive Diplomacy in the Economic, Social, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Fields	p. 149
Preventive Diplomacy in an Age of Genocide, Terrorism, and Nontraditional Threats to Security	p. 175
Cooperative Preventive Diplomacy with Regional and Subregional Organizations	p. 194
Conclusion: Some Thoughts for the Future	p. 209
Notes	p. 217
Index	p. 245
About the Author	p. 263
About the United Nations Intellectual History Project	p. 265
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