Admission to the United Nations : Charter Article 4 and the rise of universal organization / by Thomas D. Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Thomas D., 1969- author.

Series:

Legal aspects of international organization ; 50.

Legal aspects of international organization, 0924-4883 ; volume 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations. Charter--Membership.

United Nations.

United Nations--Membership.

International organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. Eventually, however, the UN came to approximate a universal organization - idlest, open to and aspiring to include all States. This presents a legal question, for Article 4 of the Charter contains substantive criteria to limit admission of States to the UN and no formal amendment has touched that part of the Charter. This book gives an up-to-date account of admission to the UN, from the 1950's ‘logjam’ through on-going controversies like Kosovo and Taiwan. With reference to Charter law, the book considers how Article 4 came to accommodate universality and what the future of a universal organization in a world of politically diverse States might be.

Contents:

Admission under the UN Charter

The early years : implementing Article 4?

The road to universality : the admissions of 1955-6

Universality affirmed : the eclipse of substantive admission criteria

Admission after the package deal

Universality achieved : micro-states, neutral states, and the residue of empires

Consequences of admission.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-60135-0

9786612601354

90-474-2709-2

OCLC:

593295861