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An insider's guide to the UN /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fasulo, Linda M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
United Nations > Popular works.
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing the UN
  • Founding documents
  • The secretary-general and the secretariat
  • The American ambassador
  • The Security Council
  • The General Assembly and ECOSOC
  • Rubbing elbows and egos in the UN village
  • Keeping tabs on how nations vote
  • Peace operations
  • Stopping international terrorism and WMD proliferation
  • Climate change
  • The rule of law and human rights
  • UN finances
  • The call for reform
  • UN agencies, programs, and commissions
  • Stars in the UN firmament
  • The coup against Boutros Boutros-Ghali
  • Making a career at the UN.