Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- A United Nations Renaissance. What the UN is, and what it could be -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Achieving the unthinkable -- The global governance deficit -- The United Nations' balance sheet -- Empowering youth -- Objectives of the primer -- Chapter 1 - Evolving International Organizations: the UN Past and Present -- Early international cooperation efforts -- The Concert of Europe -- A note on the creation of the League of Nations -- The League of Nations as an institution -- From the League of Nations to the United Nations -- Introducing the United Nations -- The principal organs of the United Nations -- The Security Council -- The General Assembly -- The Economic and Social Council -- Trusteeship Council -- The International Court of Justice -- The Secretariat -- Beyond the organs -- The Secretary-General -- UN budgets -- The UN System -- International financial institutions and other international actors -- Chapter 2 - Peace and Security: Fixing the Security Council -- The Security Council's functions and activities -- Security Council strengths -- Security Council weaknesses -- The UN's peace operations -- The Security Council and the future -- Chapter 3 - Social and Economic Development -- Understanding 'development' -- The first 50 years -- Development in the early years -- Expanding development efforts -- The North-South divide -- Millennium Development Goals -- Tallying up the results -- Sustainable Development Goals -- A changed world -- More voices at the table -- Financing the goals -- Looking ahead -- Partnering in a new era of development cooperation -- Role for private sector -- Role for civil society -- Innovation and technology -- What role for the UN? -- Is the UN prepared? -- Streamlining the UN development system and 'Delivering as One'.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (167 pages)
ISBN:
9783847412168
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6350516
Language:
English
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