United Nations-sponsored world conferences : focus on impact and follow-up / edited by Michael G. Schechter.

Contributor(s): Schechter, Michael G [editor]
Language: English Publisher: New York : United Nations University Press, [2001]Copyright date: c2001Description: xiv, 287 pages; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9280810480 (pbk.)Subject(s): United Nations | Congresses and conventionsDDC classification: 341.7 LOC classification: JZ4954 | .U55 2001
Contents:
UN-sponsored world conferences in the 1990s / Michael G. Schechter -- Implementing global goals for children: lessons from UNICEF experience / Richard Jolly -- The United Nations World Conference on Human Rights: evaluation, monitoring, and review / Clarence J. Dias -- Effectiveness of the Beijing Conference in fostering compliance with international law regarding women / Rebecca J. Cook -- Development, implementation, and effectiveness of the CBD process / Thomas Yongo -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: implementation and compliance / Jo Elizabeth Butler and Aniket Ghai -- From consensus-building to implementation: the follow-up to the UN global conferences of the 1990s / Masumi Ono -- Making meaningful UN-sponsored world conferences of the 1990s: NGOs to the rescue? / Michael G. Schechter -- Conclusions / Michael G. Schechter -- Appendix A: chronology of conference-related events / Debbi Schaubman -- Appendix B: from PrepCom to follow-up: researching the United Nations conferences of the 1990s / Debbi Schaubman.
Summary: What value were the UN-sponsored World Conferences in the 1990s? How important are non-governmental organizations to the success of such conferences? This book demonstrates that answering such questions requires a focus on the planning and implementation of the conferences.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

UN-sponsored world conferences in the 1990s / Michael G. Schechter --
Implementing global goals for children: lessons from UNICEF experience / Richard Jolly --
The United Nations World Conference on Human Rights: evaluation, monitoring, and review / Clarence J. Dias --
Effectiveness of the Beijing Conference in fostering compliance with international law regarding women / Rebecca J. Cook --
Development, implementation, and effectiveness of the CBD process / Thomas Yongo --
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: implementation and compliance / Jo Elizabeth Butler and Aniket Ghai --
From consensus-building to implementation: the follow-up to the UN global conferences of the 1990s / Masumi Ono --
Making meaningful UN-sponsored world conferences of the 1990s: NGOs to the rescue? / Michael G. Schechter --
Conclusions / Michael G. Schechter --
Appendix A: chronology of conference-related events / Debbi Schaubman --
Appendix B: from PrepCom to follow-up: researching the United Nations conferences of the 1990s / Debbi Schaubman.

What value were the UN-sponsored World Conferences in the 1990s? How important are non-governmental organizations to the success of such conferences? This book demonstrates that answering such questions requires a focus on the planning and implementation of the conferences.

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