Admission to the United Nations : : Charter Article 4 and the rise of universal organization / / by Thomas D. Grant.

• Superior document: Legal aspects of international organization, volume 50
• VerfasserIn: Grant, Thomas D., 1969-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Legal aspects of international organization ; 50.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. Eventually, however, the UN came to approximate a universal organization - idlest, open to and aspiring to include all States. This presents a legal question, for Article 4 of the Charter contains substantive criteria to limit admission of States to the UN and no formal amendment has touched that part of the Charter. This book gives an up-to-date account of admission to the UN, from the 1950's ‘logjam’ through on-going controversies like Kosovo and Taiwan. With reference to Charter law, the book considers how Article 4 came to accommodate universality and what the future of a universal organization in a world of politically diverse States might be.

Table of Contents

Admission under the UN Charter -- The early years : implementing Article 4? -- The road to universality : the admissions of 1955-6 -- Universality affirmed : the eclipse of substantive admission criteria -- Admission after the package deal -- Universality achieved : micro-states, neutral states, and the residue of empires -- Consequences of admission.