United Nations & UN agencies books

The United Nations is often called on to participate in situations that fall somewhere between peacekeeping and...  Read More >>

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The debate over economic sanctions on states and their populations, especially pertinent since the Gulf War of 1990,...  Read More >>

This is the first history to be written of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations...  Read More >>

The United Nations Juridical Yearbook, contains documentary texts of treaties and other materials concerning the...  Read More >>

This work describes various approaches to the UN Charter interpretation, provides an overview of the Security Council's...  Read More >>

Dennis C. Jett examines why peacekeeping operations fail by comparing the unsuccessful attempt at peacekeeping in...  Read More >>

This is the first volume to critically appraise all the major areas of the UN's peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace...  Read More >>

Thus the authors in this study focus on the lessons learned from the organizations' recent performance in collective...  Read More >>

Perfect for promoting student debate, and critical thinking, and ideal for use by Model UN clubs, this ready-reference...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the central theme of adjusting the United Nations system in light of, firstly, the broadening...  Read More >>

In presenting an analysis of the drug control situation worldwide, this report gives an extensive analysis of illicit...  Read More >>

We have seen press and television pictures of winding lines of refugees in Africa or on mountain passes in Europe...  Read More >>

UN sanctions have become an increasingly popular weapon in the political armory of the international community....  Read More >>

Drug abuse is one of the most important social issues of our time. Drugs have the power to undermine international...  Read More >>

Circumventing democratic channels, the UN and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have appropriated quasi-legislative...  Read More >>

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This report states that energy is an essential component of sustainable development of social and economic progress....  Read More >>

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John Humphrey was involved in the development of the various human rights covenants and protected the division from...  Read More >>

This volume examines the provisions of UN Drug Conventions that require states to adopt penal measures against drugs...  Read More >>

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This work provides coverage of each of the principle organs of the United Nations including the Security Council,...  Read More >>

Chronicles the achievement Eleanor Roosevelt was most proud of--the Universal Declaration of Human Rights--and...  Read More >>