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Health, Human Rights and the United Nations - Inconsistent Aims and Inherent Contradictions? (Paperback, 1st New edition)
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Health, Human Rights and the United Nations - Inconsistent Aims and Inherent Contradictions? (Paperback, 1st New edition)
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'In the light of impending environmental catastrophe, people all
over the world, in all walks of life, are becoming more aware of
the pressing need to act globally. The need to base our decisions
and actions less on parochial national advantage, sequestered in
hate and suspicion of other nation's playing the same game of
Russian roulette, have to give way to a new appreciation of the
fact that our global village is indeed so very small and perilously
frail. We depend upon one another as never before and, unless we
insure the health and human rights of all, we shall surely each
perish individually...' In "Health, Human Rights and the United
Nations", Theodore H MacDonald carefully analyses the origin,
development and structure of the United Nations (UN) and its key
agencies, and considers its capacity to mediate the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. He takes a detailed look into human
rights abuses in Sudan's Darfur province, Burma, Liberia, the
Occupied Palestinian Territories and the United Kingdom. By
investigating the development of the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the pressures being brought to bear upon it, MacDonald
exposes contradictions in the aims of both the WHO and the UN. Does
the current global political scene and its neoliberal policies
nullify the work of both? Is the UN fit for purpose? Can drastic
reforms result in equitable solutions? Can a new trans-national
body be developed, to arbitrate global trade, health, human rights
and fiscal issues? This remarkable book is ideal for anyone
interested in international law, human rights, global health,
public health and health promotion. Public health and health
promotion professionals, including international healthcare
organisations, care agencies, and international charities will find
the analysis enlightening. It is also of great interest to policy
makers and shapers in communities and government, political
activists and all those with an interest in equality and
globalisation.
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