A Year at the Helm of the United Nations General Assembly : : A Vision for our Century / / Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Al-Nasser, Nassir Abdulaziz,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ki-moon, Ban.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

From September 2011 to September 2012,Ambassador Nasser Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar presided over the 66th sessionof the “world’s parliament” – the United Nations General Assembly. It was acritical moment in international affairs as the UN responded to a range ofglobal challenges, from the world financial crisis to the Arab Spring. In AYear at the Helm of the General Assembly, Al-Nasser presents a high-levellook inside the organization, assessing its strengths and weaknesses, itssuccesses and struggles. He recounts dramatic moments, such as replacing theLibyan delegation, and a tireless schedule of overseas travel, including jointvisits with the Secretary-General to Libya and Somalia. His work takes him frommajor international summits such as the Conference on Sustainable Developmentin Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Rio+20) to the European Parliament, which he was thefirst General Assembly President to address, to academic institutions fromOxford to Moscow to Morocco.Al-Nasserstructures the book as he did his 66th session, around four mainthemes or “pillars:” mediation, UN reform, natural disaster prevention andresponse, and sustainable development.He offers a wide range of recommendations to intergovernmentalinstitutions, to states, to the public sector, and to individuals. Al-Nasser was determined to leave behinda General Assembly that the people of the world could look up to and depend on.This volume is a testament to all that he accomplished in that regard, and aunique resource for those interested in knowing more about the world’s mostrepresentative body at a crucial moment in history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A vision for universal values -- 2. The peaceful settlement of disputes -- 3. UN reform and revitalization -- 4. Natural disaster prevention and response -- 5. Sustainable development and global prosperity -- 6. Challenges to human security -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the author