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An insider's guide to the UN /

Prominent NPR journalist Linda Fasulo's guide to the United Nations has established a reputation as the most lively, authoritative, and insightful book on its subject. The fourth edition comes at a time when nuclear proliferation has moved to the top of the Security Council's agenda, follo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fasulo, Linda M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Edición:Fourth edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is the UN?
  • Founding the UN
  • The Secretary General and the Secretariat
  • The American ambassador
  • The Security Council
  • The General Assembly
  • Rubbing elbows and egos in the UN village
  • Peace operations
  • International terrorism and WMDs
  • Human rights and R2P
  • ECOSOC and the Tusteeship Council
  • The UN to the rescue
  • The 2030 agenda for sustainable development
  • Global connections
  • Climate change
  • Keeping tabs on how nations vote
  • Three pillars of reform
  • Playing for it all
  • Appendices: United Nations Charter ; Universal declaration of human rights ; UN member states.