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Contents
Preface
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I. Origins and Major Efforts
Editor’s Introduction
1) United Nations. Columbia
Electronic Encyclopedia
2) A Step Along an Evolutionary
Path: The Founding of the United Nations.
Jean Krasno. Global Dialogue
3) The United Nations and World
History. John Allphin Moore, Jr. and
Jerry Pubantz. Facts on File
4) The U.N. Idea Revisited. Abba
Eban. Foreign Affairs
II. The Work of U.N. Programs
and Specialized Agencies
Editor’s Introduction
1) Major Achievements of the
United Nations. un.org
2) An Interview with Carol
Bellamy, Executive Director of the
United Nations Children’s Fund. Oliver Smith and Monica Tedeschi.
Journal of International Affairs
3) Earth Summit: The Planet Is
at a Crucial Crossroads. Fred Pearce.
The Independent (London)
4) Doctor Who Pushed Health onto
Global Political Agenda. Frances Williams. Financial Times (London)
5) The Four "R"s of
Refugees. Ruud Lubbers. New Perspectives Quarterly
III. A History of Intervention
Editor’s Introduction
1) Major Conflicts. UNESCO
Courier
2) What I Learned in Bosnia.
Paddy Ashdown. The New York Times
3) Tolerance Breaks out in
Kosovo. Ken Dilanian. Philadelphia Inquirer
4) Walking Softly in
Afghanistan: The Future of U.N. State-Building.
Simon Chesterman. Survival
5) What U.N. Did in East Timor—A
Lesson for Iraq? Slobodan Lekic.
Government Custom Wire
IV. The U.S. and the U.N.—A
Troubled Affair
Editor’s Introduction
1) U.N. Peacekeeping in Trouble
as Cost and Controversy Grow.
Miles A. Pomper. CQ Weekly
2) Out of the Loop. Lee Michael
Katz. National Journal
3) Why America Still Needs the
United Nations. Shashi Tharoor.
Foreign Affairs
4) Right to the Brink. Economist
V. Questions of Reform and the
U.N.’s Future
Editor’s Introduction
1) From World Leaders
Adopt "United Nations Millennium Declaration"
at Conclusion of Extraordinary Three-Day Summit. U.N. Press Release
2) U.N. Wants to Rule New World
Order. Diane Sabom. Insight on the News
3) United Nations. Madeleine K.
Albright. Foreign Policy
4) Defining a New Role for the
United Nations. Kofi A. Annan.
The International Herald Tribune
Appendix
Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
Additional Periodical Articles
with Abstracts
Index
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