"Complicity with Evil" - The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide (Paperback)

A seasoned foreign correspondent shows how the UN privileges its own neutrality and interests above its founding mission of protecting humanity, with predictably tragic consequences From the killing fields of Rwanda and Srebrenica a decade ago to those of Darfur today, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide. This is evinced, author and journalist Adam LeBor maintains, in a May 1995 document from Yasushi Akashi, the most senior UN official in the field during the Yugoslav wars, in which he refused to authorize air strikes against the Serbs for fear they would "weaken" Milosevic. More recently, in 2003, urgent reports from UN officials in the Sudan detailing atrocities from Darfur were ignored for a year because they were politically inconvenient. This book is the first to examine in detail the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide. LeBor argues the UN must return to its founding principles, take a moral stand and set the agenda of the Security Council instead of merely following the lead of the great powers. LeBor draws on dozens of firsthand interviews with UN officials, current and former, and such international diplomats as Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Douglas Hurd, and David Owen. This book will set the terms for discussion when UN Secretary General Kofi Annan steps down to make room for a new head of the world body, and political observers assess Annan's legacy and look to the future of the world organization.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	March 2008
Authors:	Adam LeBor
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-12608-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > United Nations & UN agencies Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide Promotions
LSN:	0-300-12608-5
Barcode:	9780300126082

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