The United Nations in the New World Order : The World Organization at Fifty

With the end of the Cold War, the UN has shown a new dynamism, reflecting a qualitative change in attitudes and perceptions of the international community. The focus of the book is on the ability of the UN to sustain this new dynamism in the years ahead. It will examine the roles of the UN in the vital areas of international peace and security as well as in the realms of human rights, disarmament and arms control and economic development. The contributors, who are experts in the UN system, address the conditions which can make the UN more effective and present suggestions on the ways to improve the utilization of the world organisation so as to increase its efficacy. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi International Peace and Security: New Challenges to the UN....Pages 1-18 The United Nations and the International Political System....Pages 19-40 Leadership, the United Nations, and the New World Order....Pages 41-63 UN Reform: The Post-Cold War World Organization....Pages 64-80 The UN Secretary-Generalship at Fifty....Pages 81-104 UN Peace-keeping: Recent Developments and Current Problems....Pages 105-123 UN Sanctions Against Yugoslavia: Two Years Later....Pages 124-153 New Directions in Disarmament....Pages 154-169 Human Rights Organizations and the UN: a Tale of Two Worlds....Pages 170-189 Realpolitik and the CNN Factor of Humanitarian Intervention....Pages 190-211 Back Matter....Pages 213-219 Edited By Dimitris Bourantonis And Jarrod Wiener. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.