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9781563247439

United Nations in Action

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  • ISBN13:

    9781563247439

  • ISBN10:

    1563247437

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-10-01
  • Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc
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This is a clear survey of the role played by the United Nations in the major political crises of the post-war world. In covering its high-profile, peace-keeping role, its support of new nations, and its involvement in new initiatives such as famine relief and drug control, the author presents an introduction to the UN in action.

Table of Contents

Purpose, Principles and Structure
Purpose and principles of the UN
The structure of the UN
Peacekeeping and Collective Security
Peacekeeping in principle
The UN and Korea, 1950-3
Cyprus
The Palestinian problem
Afganistan
The Gulf conflict, 1990-1
Nuclear Questions
Nuclear proliferation
Nuclear testing
Human Rights
Human rights
Women's rights
Apartheid
Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia)
New Nations
West Irian, 1962-9
Namibia
Cambodia
New Initiatives
The environment
The control of drugs
The control of AIDS
Africa's food crisis
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