Preventive diplomacy at the UN / Bertrand G. Ramcharan ; foreword by Leon Gordenker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramcharan, B. G.

Contributor:

Gordenker, Leon, 1923-

Series:

United Nations intellectual history project (Series) ; 10.

United Nations intellectual history project (Series) ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Conflict management.

United Nations--History.

United Nations.

United Nations. Secretary-General.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Preventive diplomacy at the United Nations

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The concept of preventive diplomacy has captivated the United Nations since it was first articulated by Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld a half-century ago. Successive generations of diplomats and statesmen have invested in the idea that diplomatic efforts might be able to head off international conflicts and disasters. Dramatic successes, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, contrast with dramatic failures, such as the inability of UN efforts to halt the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In this careful study, distinguished former UN civil servant Bertrand G. Ramcharan traces the history of the practice of preventive diplomacy by UN Secretaries-General, the Security Council, and other UN organizations, and assesses the record of preventive diplomacy and examines its prospects in an age of genocide and terrorism.

Contents:

Series editors' foreword / by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss

Foreword / by Leon Gordenker

Preface and acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Secretaries-General on preventive diplomacy

Introduction

Preventive diplomacy in the concert of Europe, the Hague Peace Conferences, the League of Nations, and the UN Charter

UN policies and doctrines of preventive diplomacy

The practice of preventive diplomacy by the Security Council

The practice of preventive diplomacy by the Secretaries-General

Preventive diplomacy during the Cuban missile crisis

The practice of preventive diplomacy by representatives of the Secretary-General and UN subregional offices

The preventive role of UN peacekeepers and observers

Preventive diplomacy in the economic, social, human rights, and humanitarian fields

Preventive diplomacy in an age of genocide, terrorism, and nontraditional threats to security

Cooperative preventive diplomacy with regional and subregional organizations

Conclusion: some thoughts for the future

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-72646-X

9786611726461

0-253-00016-5

OCLC:

437213270