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The Law and Practice of the United Nations : Fifth Revised Edition.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2016.
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| Colección: | Legal Aspects of International Organizations Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- The Law and Practice of the United Nations: Fifth Revised Edition; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to the previous editions ; Abbreviations; General Bibliography; Introduction; 1. Origins of the United Nations Charter; A) From the Atlantic Charter to the San Francisco Conference; B) The San Francisco Conference, the entry into force of the Charter, and the United Nations membership; C) Relationship between the League of Nations and the United Nations; 2. The purposes of the United Nations; 3. The organs; 4. The Charter as a treaty; 5. Interpretation of the Charter.
- 6. The power to interpret the Charter7. The "rigidity" of the Charter and amendment and review procedures; 8. Present trends to revise the Charter; Chapter 1. Membership of the Organization; Section I. Acquisition of Membership Status; 9. Admission; 10. Admission requirements; 11. Admission of mini-States; 12. Admission of neutralized States; 13. The so-called conditional admission and the non-existence of "positive" obligations of the UN organs; 14. Readmission; Section II. Modifications in Membership Status; 15. Suspension; 16. Expulsion; 17. Withdrawal.
- 18. Effects of State succession on membership status19. Governments created as a result of revolutions or foreign military interventions; 20. Governments in exile; 21. State succession and rules on credentials; Chapter 2. The Organs; Section I. The Security Council; 22. Composition of the Council. Election of non-permanent Members; 23. Voting procedure in the Council: A) The nature of the four Powers' Statement at the San Francisco Conference; 24. B) The so-called veto power and the significance of abstention by a permanent Member; 25. C) Absence of a permanent Member.
- 26. D) The problem of the double veto27. E) Abstention from voting by a Member party to a dispute; 28. F) Approval by "consensus"; 29. Participation in Security Council meetings of States which are not members of the organ; Section II. The General Assembly; 30. Composition of the Assembly. Subsidiary organs; 31. Voting procedure in the Assembly. A) The "present and voting" majority; 32. B) Simple majority and qualified majority; 33. C) Approval by "consensus"; Section III. The Secretariat; 34. Appointment of the Secretary-General.
- 35. The Secretariat staff and the legal nature of the employment relationships36. Privileges and immunities of UN officials; 37. The protection of UN officials; Section IV. The Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council; 38. Composition and functions of the Economic and Social Council; 39. The Trusteeship Council; Section V. The International Court of Justice; 40. Organization of the Court; 41. Election of judges; Chapter 3. The Functions; Section I. General Limits to the United Nations Functions; 42. Limits ratione personae and ratione materiae.