An insider's guide to the UN / Linda Fasulo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fasulo, Linda M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--Popular works.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United Nations increasingly finds itself at the center of world events in an age of rapid globalization. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we understand its structure and functions. In this highly readable book, a prominent news correspondent at the UN provides a colorful introduction to its activities and goals. UN correspondent Linda Fasulo draws on her own observations as well as on the insights of other individuals who have been active in the UN, including US ambassadors Richard Holbrooke, Madeleine Albright, and John Negroponte. She explains how the UN came into existence, what governing principles guide its operation, and what it is like to be a participant. She describes the organization, responsibilities, and often-tense politics of the Security Council. Surveying the many humanitarian, crime-fighting, and peacekeeping programs of the UN, Fasulo concludes that there are important reasons for Americans to give the United Nations their support.

Contents:

An overview

UN founding documents

The Secretary General and the Secretariat

The American ambassadors

The Security Council

Peace operations

The General Assembly

Coordinating to fight international terrorism

The UN village

Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court

The call for reform

UN finances

A tour of UN headquarters

The coup against Boutros-Ghali

UN advocates, donors, and friends

Keeping tabs on how nations vote

Making a career at the UN

ECOSOC

Agencies, programs, and commissions

Rule of law and human rights

Social and economic development

Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants

UN to the rescue

Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats

Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work

International crime and drug trafficking.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9781281722720

1281722723

9780300133516

0300133510

OCLC:

952734422