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008			041014s2005 enka b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2004061947
020			_a1403935394 (cloth)
020			_a1403935408 (paper)
020			_a9781403935403
040			_aCITU LRAC _beng _cDLC _dDLC
041	1		_aeng _hger
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aJZ4984.5 _b.G3713 2005
082	0	0	_a341.23 _222
100	1		_aGareis, Sven. _eauthor
240	1	0	_aVereinten Nationen. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe United Nations : _ban introduction / _cSven Bernhard Gareis and Johannes Varwick ; translated by Lindsay P. Cohn.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2005.
300			_axiv, 284 pages _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aAdapted and updated translation of Die Vereinten Nationen (2003).
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aThe 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.
520			_aThis 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.
610	2	0	_aUnited Nations.
700	1		_aVarwick, Johannes. _eauthor
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol059/2004061947.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004061947.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004061947.html
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