The United Nations organization : (in)securing global peace & security /

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Saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war was the main motivation for creating the United Nations. Given the ongoing conflicts, wars and terrorist attacks today one is forced to ask: Is there Hope for International Peace and Security? Where have the safeguards gone to? Has the United Nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mentan, Tatah, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mankon, Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, [2020]
Temas:
United Nations.
United Nations
Security, International.
Peace.
Humanitarian intervention.
Paix.
Droit d'ingérence humanitaire.
African history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace.
Humanitarian intervention
Peace
Security, International
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Tables, Pictures, and Figures
  • Acknowledgement
  • Foreword
  • The Global Peace and Security System
  • Right to Peace and Security
  • Role of the United Nations
  • Chapter One
  • The UN System and Primacy of Global Peace and Security
  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Facing the Past: The League of Nations and the United Nations
  • The Growth of a System
  • What Is the United Nations?
  • Birth of the United Nations
  • Conflict Prevention
  • Women and Children in Conflict
  • Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
  • Another Failed UN Mission
  • The UN in the Post-Cold War Period
  • A New International Age?
  • Rule of Law and Global Peace and Security
  • Failure of the International Peace and Security System
  • Regional Cooperation: Conflict Prevention and Security through Interdependence
  • Experiences of the Recent Past
  • The Challenges for the Countries of Eastern Europe
  • The Challenge Ahead
  • References
  • Chapter Two
  • The UNO and Plaguing Conflicts, Wars, and Terrorism
  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Some Things to know about the State of Conflict in the World Today
  • 1. The world is becoming less peaceful
  • 2. The nature of conflict is changing
  • 3. Violence costs the world vast amounts of money
  • 4. 1% of the world's population is now displaced or refugees
  • References
  • Chapter Three
  • The UN And Bloody Law: International Law as Primitive Accumulation
  • Overview
  • Dissecting the Dynamics of Primitive Accumulation
  • International Law in Historical Perspective
  • Role of Capital in International Law
  • Meddling is routine
  • U.S. Imperial Wars Unleash Long-Term International Violenceand Chaos
  • Disregarding international law
  • International law and the "Bush Doctrine"
  • The Centrality of Imperial Law
  • The Uses of Imperial Law
  • The Veto
  • References
  • Chapter Four -Ungolden UN Charter Silence on Intra-And-Non-State Armed Conflicts
  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Some Intractable Intra-state Armed Conflicts
  • Transnational Organized Crime: A Growing Threat to National and International Peace and Security
  • Penetration of State Institutions, Corruption, and Threats to Governance
  • Threats to the Economy, U.S. Competitiveness, and Strategic Markets
  • Scope of the Challenge to Global Peace and Security
  • Looking Ahead
  • References
  • Chapter Five
  • Sovereignty, Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention for Global Peace and Security
  • Overview
  • Introduction: Clash between Human Rights Agenda Vs. National Sovereignty
  • Irreconcilable Tensions between State Sovereignty and Human Rights
  • I. The Normative Foundations of Justice and the Basis of International Law
  • II. International Laws Concerning Self-determination
  • The Evolution of Humanitarian Intervention
  • Humanitarian Intervention Proponents
  • Humanitarian Intervention Opponents
  • Humanitarian Intervention Sceptics
  • New Trends

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