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Swords into plowshares : building peace through the United Nations / edited by Roy S. Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Nijhoff law specials ; 65.
- Nijhoff law specials ; v. 65
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peace.
- Disarmament.
- United Nations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Nijhoff, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work brings together a number of contributions analyzing some of the most pressing issues in the present world, and suggests ways and methods to manage these problems. Topics covered are the decision-making in the UN Security Council; the position of the United States vis-a-vis the United Nations; human rights and economic and social development; sustainable development and human rights, democracy and others. The book hopes to influence the policy and decision makers to take the necessary action towards the solution of these problems.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Roy S. Lee
- Chapter 1. Improving Decizion-making in the Un Security Council / Danilo Türk
- Chapter 2. Bushs War Has Damaged the United Nations / Hans Corell
- Chapter 3. Human Rights and Economic and Social Development / Bertrand G. Ramcharan
- Chapter 4. The Mutual between Sustainable Development and Human Rights:a Dding Responsibility as a Catalyst / Jutta F. Bertram-Nothnagel
- Chapter 5. The Un Security Councils Counter-terrorism Efforts / Eric Rosand
- Chapter 6. Reflections on the Security Councils CounterTerrorism Resolutions / Giuseppe Nesi
- Chapter 7. Assistance to States Challenged by Unconstitutional Means / Roy S. Lee
- Chapter 8. Nuclear Verification in North Korea and Iran / Berhanykun Andemicael
- Chapter 9. United Nations Partnerships: Working Together for a Better World / Amir a. Dossal
- Chapter 10. Commitment to Multilateralism / A. Missouri Sherman-Peter
- Chapter 11. Will the Un Hope Survive / Newton Bowles.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-39672-2
- 9786612396724
- 90-474-1690-2
- OCLC:
- 567642970
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004150010.i-176 DOI
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