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Perched along the East River in midtown Manhattan, the exceptional
modern buildings of the United Nations Headquarters house an
organization with an equally exceptional mission. Designed in the
1940s by the most renowned international architects of the day,
including Wallace K. Harrison of the United States, Le Corbusier of
France, and Oscar Niemeyer of Brazil, the UN is both an
architectural and a historic landmark. The United Nations at 70
documents in gleaming new photography the restoration of the entire
building complex. Complementing the chronicle of the restoration by
Carter Wiseman is a fascinating first-person essay by Martti
Ahtisaari, which discusses the new and challenging issues facing
the UN today.
Born just one year before the United Nations itself, Ban Ki-moon
came of age with the world body. His earliest memories are haunted
by the sound of bombs dropping on his Korean village and the sight
of fires consuming what remained. The six-year-old boy fled with
his family, trudging for miles in mud-soaked shoes, suffering from
incessant hunger, and wondering how they would survive-until the
United Nations rescued them. Young Ban Ki-moon grew up determined
to repay this lifesaving generosity. Resolved is Ban Ki-moon's
personal account of his decade at the helm of the organization
during a period of historic turmoil and promise. Meeting challenges
and resistance with a belief in the UN's mission of peace,
development, and human rights, he steered the United Nations
through a volatile period that included the Arab Spring, nuclear
pursuits in Iran and North Korea, the Ebola epidemic, and brutal
new conflicts in Central Africa. As secretary-general, Ban also
forged global agreements to fight extreme poverty and address the
climate crisis. Ban performed what has been called "the most
impossible job on this earth" with a genuine belief in collective
action and global transformation. Freed from the diplomatic
constraints of a lifetime of public service, he offers a candid
assessment of the people and events that shape our era and a
bracing analysis of what lies ahead.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original
analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents
a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can
use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable
worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental
degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable
development. Sachs offers readers, students, activists,
environmentalists, and policy makers the tools, metrics, and
practical pathways they need to achieve Sustainable Development
Goals. Far more than a rhetorical exercise, this book is designed
to inform, inspire, and spur action. Based on Sachs's twelve years
as director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, his
thirteen years advising the United Nations secretary-general on the
Millennium Development Goals, and his recent presentation of these
ideas in a popular online course, The Age of Sustainable
Development is a landmark publication and clarion call for all who
care about our planet and global justice. Visit
http://cup.columbia.edu/extras/supplement/sachs-9780231173148 for
additional teaching materials for students and instructors,
including chapter summaries, key concepts, problem sets, and
slides.
From September 2011 to September 2012, Ambassador Nasser Abdulaziz
Al-Nasser of Qatar presided over the 66th session of the "world's
parliament" - the United Nations General Assembly. It was a
critical moment in international affairs as the UN responded to a
range of global challenges, from the world financial crisis to the
Arab Spring. In A Year at the Helm of the General Assembly,
Al-Nasser presents a high-level look inside the organization,
assessing its strengths and weaknesses, its successes and
struggles. He recounts dramatic moments, such as replacing the
Libyan delegation, and a tireless schedule of overseas travel,
including joint visits with the Secretary-General to Libya and
Somalia. His work takes him from major international summits such
as the Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil (Rio+20) to the European Parliament, which he was the first
General Assembly President to address, to academic institutions
from Oxford to Moscow to Morocco. Al-Nasser structures the book as
he did his 66th session, around four main themes or "pillars: "
mediation, UN reform, natural disaster prevention and response, and
sustainable development.He offers a wide range of recommendations
to intergovernmental institutions, to states, to the public sector,
and to individuals. Al-Nasser was determined to leave behind a
General Assembly that the people of the world could look up to and
depend on. This volume is a testament to all that he accomplished
in that regard, and a unique resource for those interested in
knowing more about the world's most representative body at a
crucial moment in history.
The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative
that encourages businesses to support ten universal principles in
the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment, and
anti-corruption. It is the world's largest voluntary corporate
responsibility initiative with more than 7,500 business and
non-business participants in over 130 countries. This book reviews
the first ten years of the Compact's existence (2000-2010) by
presenting exclusively commissioned chapters from well-known
scholars, practitioners from the business world and civil society,
and Global Compact staff. They reflect on what the Global Compact
has achieved, what trends it may have to respond to, and what
challenges are ahead. The book contains not only up-to-date
reflections but also debates recent changes to the structure of the
Compact, including the Communication on Progress policy, the role
of Global Compact Local Networks, and the role of emerging
specialized initiatives.
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