Overview

This volume describes the workings of the international community's most representative forum between the 1940s and the 1990s. It chronicles the behaviour of States through their participation in the debates on, and search for solutions to, the crucial problems facing humanity. The book also offers a detailed analysis of how countries vote in the Assembly.

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Author:   Miguel Marin-Bosch
Publisher:   Kluwer Law International
Imprint:   Kluwer Law International
Volume:   35
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9789041105646

ISBN 10:   9041105646
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 March 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Appendixes. Preface. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Tables. Figures. Introduction. Part One: The Stage and the Actors. 1: The International Community's Most Representative Forum. A universal organization. The rules of the game. Regarding majorities and minorities. 2: A Half-Century of Debates. An ever-heavier agenda. Consistency and contradiction. The difficult questions. The fundamental issues. The Organization's functioning. Part Two: Voting Patterns. 3: The Resolutions and the Votes. An ocean of resolutions. The vetoes in the Security Council. Triple, double and single rejections.4: Coincidences and Discrepancies. The tools of analysis. General trends, 1946-1996. Some signposts. The five stages. The contours of a new agenda. Epilogue. Appendixes. Index.

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'This book is of wider interest than its title suggests. [...] It is permeated throughout with a concern to address the role of the United States in the United Nations. This is the most important way in which it adds to the literature on the UN.' International Peacekeeping, 7:3.

' This book is of wider interest than its title suggests. [...] It is permeated throughout with a concern to address the role of the United States in the United Nations. This is the most important way in which it adds to the literature on the UN.' <br> International Peacekeeping, 7:3.

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