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This set describes and brings together key reform proposals
originating inside and outside the United Nations. The
documentation contained in this set touches upon all aspects of the
United Nations and covers the full spectrum of proposals and
initiatives. It is hoped that the information provided will assist
those involved in current efforts in reassessing and reshaping the
Organization and will serve as a useful reference set for policy
makers, researchers and the interested public. The set consists of
the following volumes: Reforming the United Nations: New
Initiatives and Past Efforts (3 Volume set) New Initiatives and
Past Efforts Edited by Joachim Muller - ISBN 90 411 0332 5
Reforming the United Nations The Quiet Revolution Edited by Joachim
Muller - ISBN 90 411 1644 3 Reforming the United Nations The
Struggle for Legitimacy and Effectiveness Edited by Joachim Muller
- ISBN 90 04 15131 1
This fully up-dated, third revised edition of Conforti's
thought-provoking and challenging textbook, The Law and Practice of
the United Nations, provides a comprehensive legal analysis of
problems concerning membership, the structure of UN organs, their
functions and their acts, taking into consideration the text of the
Charter, its historical origins, and, particularly, the practice of
the organs. Its main focus is on the practice of the Security
Council. In particular the action of the Security Council under
Chapter VII has been taken into account. The legal literature on
Chapter VII - a literature which has grown enormously in recent
times - has also been considered. The fact that the legal aspects
of the action or the inaction of the Security Council have been
discussed to an unusually large extent by ordinary people at the
time of the war against Iraq and even later is worth noting. The
importance of the role of the United Nations, and the content of
the rules governing it, has become a leitmotiv of all debates on
international politics. Consequently, the opinion often held in the
past, according to which it was useless to deal with the legal
aspects of the United Nations activity, can be considered as
obsolete. Through the study and analysis of emerging legal issues
of particular relevance to Africa, such as the creation of viable
continental institutions capable of promoting unity and security
for the peoples of the continent, the effective protection of human
rights, the need for accountability for mass killings and massive
violations of the rule of law, the promotion of a rule-based
democratic culture, the role of African countries in a globalizing
world economy and in international trade relations, the Yearbook
strives to be responsive to the intellectual needs of African
countries in the area of international law, and to the continuing
struggle for creating an environment conducive to the rule of law
throughout the continent. The Yearbook also provides ready access
to the basic documents of African international organizations by
regularly publishing the resolutions and decisions of regional and
sub-regional organizations as well as the conventions, protocols
and declarations adopted by pan-african agencies.
In recent years, the UN has been the focus of intense activity by
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the major global
conferences - the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, the Vienna human
rights conference, the Cairo population conference, the Copenhagen
Social Summit and the Beijing women's conference. This book
explores the influence of the NGOs, which has grown steadily and
now covers all the work of the Economic and Social Council, along
with programmes in developing countries, the specialized agencies
and UN conferences. Their importance in human rights, disaster
relief, development and the environment is illustrated by case
studies demonstrating their influence. But what are
non-governmental organizations? What are their historical roots?
How do they gain recognition at the UN and at conferences? What
rights of participation do they have and how do they gain
influence? This volume sets out to answer all these questions.
Contains detailed entries on the multitude of peacekeeping
operations since 1920, prominent individuals, the international
organizations which have mandated the operations, important events,
and terminology.
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