The United Nations International Organization and World Politics

, by Ziring, Lawrence; Riggs, Robert E.; Plano, Jack A.

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ISBN: 9780155078659 | 0155078658
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Copyright: 8/27/1999

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THE UNITED NATIONS analyzes the history, processes, structure, and functions of the United Nations. This best-selling one-volume text provides a comprehensive treatment that is adaptable to a variety of course approaches. The basic historical material that comprised the core of the first two editions remains intact in this latest rendering. However, the book has been revised from cover to cover, redrafted to reflect significant changes in the world after the Cold War and the effect of those changes on the character and work of the United Nations.

The United Nations in Historical Perspective

(26)

Prologue

(3)

In the Beginning

(1)

The State System and International Organization

(2)

The Process of International Organization

(1)

The Emergence of International Institutions

(3)

The League Experiment

(9)

Structure and Functions of the League

(1)

League Innovation

(1)

The League in Action

(1)

The Manchurian Case

(1)

The Ethiopian Case

(2)

An Appraisal: The League's Balance Sheet

(1)

A Capsule History of the League

(1)

An Autopsy

(2)

Organizing the United Nations

(8)

The Road to San Francisco

(1)

The Dumbarton Oaks Conference

(1)

The Yalta Conference

(1)

The UN Conference on International Organization (UNCIO)

(1)

Public Support and Ratification

(4)

Legal Framework, Institutional Structures, and Financial Realities

(39)

The Constitutional Structure

(7)

Constitutional Evolution

(2)

Charter Principles

(5)

Instruments of Political Decision Making

(24)

The General Assembly

(14)

The Security Council

(4)

The Economic and Social Council

(3)

The Trusteeship Council

(1)

The International Court of Justice

(1)

The Secretariat

(1)

Financing the United Nations

(8)

Assessment Problems

(2)

Budget Procedures and Politics

(3)

Future Financing Problems

(3)

The UN Political Process

(44)

Participants in the UN Decision Process

(10)

Member States

(4)

Private Interest Groups

(4)

The International Official as Political Participant

(1)

International Organizations as Participant

(1)

UN Decision Making

(27)

National Organization for UN Participation

(5)

The Institutional Setting of UN Decision Making

(15)

UN Decisions: Who Wins?

(7)

The Consequences of UN Action

103

(7)

Politics and the UN Secretariat

110

(32)

The International Civil Service

112

(2)

Origin

112

(1)

Problems of Diversity and Political Support

113

(1)

The UN Secretariat

114

(7)

Recruiting the UN Official

115

(6)

The UN Secretariat in the Political Process

121

(15)

Policy through Administration

121

(1)

Secretariat Partcipation in Decision Making

122

(1)

The Practice of Diplomacy

123

(2)

The Secretary-General and Political Leadership

125

(7)

The Basis of Secretariat Influence

132

(4)

Revitalizing the United Nations

136

(6)

Security Through Collective Action

142

(68)

Balance of Power and Collective Security

143

(5)

Alliances and the Balance of Power

143

(1)

The Advent of Collective Security

144

(1)

The Nature of Collective Security

145

(2)

The League Security System

147

(1)

The United Nations and Collective Security

148

(23)

The Charter Framework

148

(1)

The Demise of Mandatory Military Sanctions

149

(1)

Korea and Collective Action

150

(3)

War in Kuwait---Rebirth of Collective Security?

153

(6)

Lessons of the Gulf Crisis

159

(3)

The Uncertain Future of UN Enforcement Action

162

(1)

Nonmilitary Sanctions

163

(6)

Sanctions: A Summary

169

(1)

The Regional Alternative

170

(1)

The Peacekeeping Alternative

171

(32)

Early UN Experiments

173

(5)

UN Emergency Force I (UNEF)

178

(1)

The Congo Force (ONUC)

179

(1)

UN Forces in West New Guinea and Cyprus

180

(2)

Observer Missions after UNEF

182

(1)

Peacekeeping in the 1970s--Middle East Focus

183

(2)

A New Era of UN Peacekeeping

185

(14)

The UN Peace Force: Retrospect and Prospect

199

(4)

Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Law

203

(3)

Global Security and the United Nations

206

(4)

The Settlement of International Disputes

210

(47)

Procedures for Settling International Disputes

210

(3)

UN Practice

213

(15)

The Security Council

214

(3)

The General Assembly

217

(2)

The Secretary General

219

(1)

The United Nations and Regional Dispute Settlement

219

(1)

Judicial Dispute Settlement

220

(8)

Case Studies in UN Conflict Resolution

228

(23)

South Africa and the United Nations

228

(2)

Nambia

230

(2)

Arab-Israeli Conflict

232

(5)

India-Pakistan

237

(1)

UN Dispute Settlement

238

(13)

Conclusions on Dispute Settlement

251

(6)

Disarmament and Arms Control

257

(44)

Disarmament in Historical Perspective

257

(6)

Disarmament Efforts during the League Years

258

(2)

The United Nations and Disarmament

260

(3)

Arms Negotiation in the UN Era

263

(5)

Early Failures

263

(2)

The Search for Effective Forums

265

(3)

Disarmament and Arms Control-A Balance Sheet

268

(19)

Demilitarization and Denuclearization

268

(9)

Limiting Nuclear Testing

277

(2)

Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

279

(1)

Control of Nuclear Warheads and Delivery Systems

280

(4)

Avoiding Accidental War

284

(1)

Banning Chemical and Biological Weapons

285

(1)

Tension Reduction through Political Agreement

286

(1)

Obstacles to Disarmament

287

(7)

Security Questions

288

(1)

Sovereignty and Nationalism

288

(1)

Vested Interests

289

(1)

Threats of Deception

289

(1)

Ideological and Ethnic Rivalry

290

(1)

Full Participation Needed

290

(1)

The Propaganda Barrier

291

(1)

The Speed of Change

291

(1)

Timing Problems

292

(1)

Ratio Problems

293

(1)

Inspection and Enforcement

293

(1)

Approaches to the Disarmament Problem

294

(3)

The Direct Approach

294

(1)

The Indirect Approach

295

(1)

Unilateral Disarmament

295

(1)

Total Disarmament

296

(1)

Conclusion

297

(4)

The Revolution of Self-Determination

301

(20)

Mandates Under the League

301

(4)

The Impact of World War II

305

(1)

UN Trusteeship

306

(4)

Trusteeship at San Francisco

306

(1)

The Nature of the Trusteeship System

307

(1)

The Functioning of Trusteeship

308

(2)

The United Nations and Total Decolonization

310

(6)

The Committee on Information

310

(1)

Self-Determination and Political Crisis

311

(1)

Anticolonialism Triumphant

312

(4)

The UN Role: An Appraisal

316

(1)

Self-Determination in the Twenty-first Century

317

(4)

Social and Technical Cooperation

321

(63)

Functional Cooperation in Theory and Practice

321

(5)

Functionalist Thought

321

(3)

The Organization of Functional Cooperation

324

(1)

What Functional Organizations Do

325

(1)

Human Rights Rule-Making

326

(19)

Setting Voluntary Norms

329

(1)

Lawmaking Treaties

330

(4)

Implementing Human Rights

334

(3)

Regional Institutions

337

(2)

The Declaration of Human Rights Revisited

339

(1)

Human Rights, NATO, and the Tragedy in Kosovo

340

(3)

Improvement of Labor Standards

343

(2)

Rules in Other Functional Settings

345

(13)

Postal Service

345

(1)

Telecommunications

346

(1)

Civil Aviation

347

(1)

Health

347

(2)

The Environment

349

(5)

The Law of the Sea

354

(4)

Information and Promotion

358

(8)

``Days,'' ``Years,'' ``Decades,'' and ``World Conferences''

358

(1)

Education, Science, and Culture

359

(6)

Other Information Activities

365

(1)

Internationally Administered Programs

366

(12)

Emergency Relief

366

(4)

Refugees

370

(8)

Conclusion

378

(6)

Managing International Trade and Finance

384

(37)

Early Economic Models

385

(1)

Rebuilding the World Economy

386

(3)

Reconstruction of Western Europe

388

(1)

The European Recovery Program

388

(1)

The Attack on Trade Restrictions

389

(9)

GATT-An Interim Measure

390

(3)

From GATT to WTO

393

(1)

UNCTAD

394

(4)

Promoting Regional Integration

398

(9)

European Integration

398

(4)

Integration in the Americas, Asia, and Africa

402

(2)

Why Regional Integration?

404

(3)

The Pursuit of International Liquidity

407

(9)

The Role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

409

(2)

The Monetary and Debt Crises

411

(5)

Crisis and More Crisis

416

(2)

Conclusion

418

(3)

Promoting Economic Development

421

(50)

Problems of Development

421

(6)

A Profile of a Less Developed Country (LDC)

422

(5)

A Blueprint for Economic Development

427

(15)

Preparing the Base

427

(7)

Acquiring the Means

434

(8)

Promoting International Action

442

(2)

Should Donors Use Bilateral or Multilateral Channels?

442

(1)

Should Capital Transfers Have Priority?

443

(1)

Should Aid Funds Be Granted or Loaned?

443

(1)

Regional Programs

444

(5)

The Colombo Plan

444

(1)

The European Development Fund and the Lome Conventions

445

(1)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

446

(1)

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

447

(1)

The Alliance for Progress

447

(1)

The Regional Banks

448

(1)

UN Programs

449

(11)

Building Support for Development

450

(6)

Technical Assistance Programs

456

(4)

UN Development Financing Programs: The World Bank Group

460

(6)

The Role of the World Bank Group

460

(5)

The World Bank Group: An Evaluation

465

(1)

Conclusion on Economic Development

466

(5)

Looking Back Toward and Uncertain Future: The United Nations and the Twenty-First Century

471

(72)

The United Nations and Structural Reform

473

(9)

The Realities of the Global Condition

477

(1)

Fast Changing Times and a Slow Changing United Nations

478

(4)

Toward World Order

482

(3)

Appendices

A The Covenant of the League of Nations

485

(12)

B The Charter of the United Nations

497

(28)

C The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

525

(7)

D United Nations Member States

532

(7)

E NGO Working Group on the Security Council--List of Associated Organizations

539

(4)

Name Index

543

(2)

Subject Index

545

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