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Irrelevant or indispensable? : the United Nations in the twenty-first century / Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in International Governance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Security, International--Congresses.
- Security, International.
- Economic development--Congresses.
- Economic development.
- United Nations--Congresses.
- United Nations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Suffering from a divided membership, the United Nations is at a crossroads, unable to assure human or national security. The UN has been criticized as irrelevant by its most-and least-powerful members alike because it can't reach consensus on how to respond to twenty-first-century challenges of global terrorism, endemic poverty, and crimes against humanity. Secretary General Kofi Annan has proposed a package of sweeping reforms that would safeguard the rule of law, outlaw terrorism, protect the innocent from abusive governments, reduce poverty by half, safeguard human rights, and e
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction; FROM IDEAS TO ACTION; FREEDOM FROM WANT; FREEDOM FROM FEAR; LIVING IN DIGNITY; INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION; MOBILIZING ACTION; CONCLUSION; Notes on Contributors; Appendix: Conference Agenda
- Notes:
- Papers from a conference titled: The UN : adapting to the 21st century, held April 4, 2005, in Waterloo, Ont.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-28091-3
- 9786610280919
- 0-88920-917-0
- 1-4237-1726-0
- OCLC:
- 753479508
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