United Nations & UN agencies books

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Dangerous Diplomacy: Bureaucracy, Power Politics, and the Role of the UN Secretariat in Rwanda

Dangerous Diplomacy: Bureaucracy, Power Politics, and...

Author: Herman T. Salton (Associate Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), Associate Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), Asian University for Women, Bangladesh and USA)
ISBN: 9780198733591
Format: Hardback
$224.00

This book carries out an in-depth reassessment of the role of the UN Secretariat during the Rwandan genocide, focusing...  Read More >>

Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History

Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History

Author: Michael Deibert
ISBN: 9781783607983
Format: Paperback
$54.99

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Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History

Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History

Author: Michael Deibert
ISBN: 9781783608638
Format: Hardback
$170.00

A vivid and up-to-the-minute analysis of Haiti’s recent history, which overturns the myths and distortions surrounding...  Read More >>

Civil Society and Disarmament 2015

Civil Society and Disarmament 2015

Author: United Nations Office of Legal Affairs ,  United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211423099
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Contains the statements by representatives of civil society organisations which were delivered on 7 May 2015 during...  Read More >>

Arab Human Development Report 2016: Youth and the Prospects for Human Development in a Changing Reality

Arab Human Development Report 2016: Youth and the Prospects...

Author: United Nations Development Programme
ISBN: 9789211263978
Format: Paperback
$98.32

Addresses the development challenges facing young people in the Arab region. In light of the youth-led movements...  Read More >>

Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council 2014-2015: 1 August 2014 – 31 July 2015

Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council 2014-2015:...

Author: United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
ISBN: 9789218900364
Format: Paperback
$132.00

Official documents of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2014-2015.  Read More >>

Development and Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality in India

Development and Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality in...

Author: Joel E. Oestreich (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, Drexel University)
ISBN: 9780190637347
Format: Hardback
$285.00

Development and Human Rights presents the first book-length study examining the promotion of human rights through...  Read More >>

Emerging Powers and the UN: What Kind of Development Partnership?

Emerging Powers and the UN: What Kind of Development...

Author: Thomas Weiss (City University of New York, USA) ,  Adriana Abdenur (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
ISBN: 9781138086548
Format: Paperback
$71.99

The post-2015 sustainable development goals and the changing environment for development cooperation requires a...  Read More >>

The UN and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: American Hegemony and UN Intervention since 1947

The UN and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: American Hegemony...

Author: Danilo Di Mauro (University of Catania, Italy)
ISBN: 9781138117334
Format: Paperback
$96.99

This book is a comprehensive empirical analysis of UN intervention in the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1947. In his...  Read More >>

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2016: Recent Trends and Developments

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2016: Recent...

Author: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ,  United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211207323
Format: Paperback
$171.60

This report aims to deepen understanding of trends and developments in trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific...  Read More >>

Africa Human Development Report 2016: Accelerating Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Africa

Africa Human Development Report 2016: Accelerating Gender...

Author: United Nations Development Programme
ISBN: 9789211264111
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This 2016 report on gender equality follows the 2012 Africa Human Development Report, which looked at the importance...  Read More >>

SME Competitiveness Outlook 2016: meeting the standard for trade

SME Competitiveness Outlook 2016: meeting the standard...

Author: International Trade Centre ,  United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789291374410
Format: Paperback
$211.20

Standards and regulations are an integral, if easily overlooked, part of our daily life. Using new evidence from...  Read More >>

Civil Society and Disarmament 2016: Civil Society Engagement in Disarmament Processes - the Case for a Nuclear Weapons Ban

Civil Society and Disarmament 2016: Civil Society Engagement...

Author: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs
ISBN: 9789211423174
Format: Paperback
$31.02

The nascent movement to enact a nuclear ban treaty has reframed the problem of nuclear weapons from defense strategies...  Read More >>

Reverse Discrimination in the European Union: A Recurring Balancing Act

Reverse Discrimination in the European Union: A Recurring...

Author: Valerie Verbist
ISBN: 9781780684581
Format: Paperback
$142.31

Reverse Discrimination in the European Union offers an up-to-date standard reference work on reverse discrimination....  Read More >>

UN Chronicle Volume LIII Number 3 2016

UN Chronicle Volume LIII Number 3 2016

Author: United Nations
ISBN: 9789211013566
Format: Paperback
$13.20

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The Least Developed Countries Report 2016: The Path to Graduation and Beyond: Making the Most of the Process

The Least Developed Countries Report 2016: The Path...

Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ,  United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211129052
Format: Paperback
$171.60

Graduation is the process through which least developed countries (LDCs) cease to be members of the LDC category,...  Read More >>

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2016: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Challenges of Financing for Development

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2016:...

Author: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ,  United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211219197
Format: Paperback
$250.80

Published since 1948, this is the sixty-eighth edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean,...  Read More >>

Statistical Abstract of the Arab Region, Issue Number  34 (English/Arabic Edition)

Statistical Abstract of the Arab Region, Issue Number...

Author: Economic and Social Commision for Western Asia ,  United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211283839
Format: Paperback
$132.00

Presents time series statistics and indicators on economic and social issues in all fourteen Arab Region member...  Read More >>

On Building Peace: Rescuing the Nation-state and Saving the United Nations

On Building Peace: Rescuing the Nation-state and Saving...

Author: Michael von der Schulenburg
ISBN: 9789462984271
Format: Paperback
$98.30

Michael von der Schulenburg argues for the development of internationally accepted principles and rules for intervening...  Read More >>

Religion, NGOs and the United Nations: Visible and Invisible Actors in Power

Religion, NGOs and the United Nations: Visible and Invisible...

Author: Prof. Jeremy Carrette (University of Kent, UK) ,  Hugh Miall (University of Kent, UK)
ISBN: 9781350020368
Format: Hardback
$260.00

How do religious groups, operating as NGOs, engage in the most important global institution for world peace? What...  Read More >>

Making Disability Rights Real in Southeast Asia: Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in ASEAN

Making Disability Rights Real in Southeast Asia: Implementing...

Author: Derrick L. Cogburn ,  Tina Kempin Reuter
ISBN: 9781498526913
Format: Hardback
$294.00

The implementation of the first human rights and development treaty of the twenty-first century in Southeast Asia...  Read More >>

South Korea In The United Nations: Global Governance, Inter-korean Relations And Peace Building

South Korea In The United Nations: Global Governance,...

Author: Gabriel Jonsson (Stockholm Univ, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781786341907
Format: Hardback
$245.81

In 1991 South Korea, along with North Korea, was made an official member of the UN. Using international relations...  Read More >>

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