TY - BOOK AU - Gareis,Sven AU - Varwick,Johannes TI - The United Nations: an introduction SN - 1403935394 (cloth) AV - JZ4984.5 .G3713 2005 U1 - 341.23 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - United Nations N1 - Adapted and updated translation of Die Vereinten Nationen (2003); Includes bibliographical references and index; The United Nations system. A short history of the United Nations ; The UN charter: purposes and principles ; The principal organs: competencies, functions and decision-making processes ; Programmes, funds and specialized agencies ; Financing of the United Nations system -- Institution-building, regime impact and globalization: the role and function of the UN. Theories of international organizations ; Challenges of globalization ; The primary tasks of the United Nations and the expansion of the concept of security -- The core of the United Nations: collective security. The principle of collective security: limitations and possibilities ; Still a challenge: the exclusion of war from international relations ; From the League of Nations to the United Nations: the organizational evolution of peace-maintenance ; The collective security system of the UN charter -- The changing practice of peacekeeping. The first four decades of peace-maintenance ; Peacekeeping after the Cold War ; Disarmament and arms control in the framework of the United Nations ; Prevention as a task of the United Nations ; The UN and international terrorism ; The UN and the 2003 war against Iraq -- The United Nations and human rights: normative development, codification and definition. Human rights in the UN charter ; The international bill of human rights ; Comprehensive protection of human rights -- Human rights protection: institutional framework and code of practice. Treaty-based bodies ; Human rights protection by UN organs ; Human rights protection: new fundamentals and perspectives -- Economic development and environmental questions in the United Nations: problem areas and institutional design. Responsibilities and fields of action ; The United Nations and multilateral co-operation on development ; Protection of refugees, humanitarian aid and population issues ; Protection of the global environment as an international challenge ; The functions of relevant UN bodies -- Reforms for the twenty-first century. Reform as a long and difficult process ; Institutional reforms ; Reforms in the area of peace-maintenance ; Reforms in the area of international law ; Reforms in the areas of economics, development and the environment -- Conclusions. Multilateralism and global governance: opportunities and limitations of a political concept ; Outlook: the United Nations in the twenty-first century N2 - This major new text, highly acclaimed in its original German version, is now available for the first time in English in a substantially revised and updated translation. Provides a systematic introduction to the main areas of activity of the United Nations today. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol059/2004061947.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004061947.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004061947.html ER -