A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations / / edited by Helmut Volger.

How can we approach the complex United Nations system, a ‘family’of principal organs, subsidiary organs and specialized agencies? Where do we get summarizing information on the large number of reform concepts developed and implemented since the late 1990s, in particular in connection with the UN Wor...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:2nd rev. ed.
Language:English
Series:Nijhoff eBook titles
Physical Description:1 online resource (980 p.)
Notes:
  • Includes index.
  • Translated from German.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / H. Volger
  • Introduction / H. Volger
  • How To Use This Book / H. Volger
  • Abbreviations / H. Volger
  • Africa As Topic In The UN / Konrad Melchers
  • Agenda For Development / Klaus Hüfner
  • Agenda For Peace / Erwin A. Schmidl
  • Aggression, Definition Of / Ulrich Fastenrath
  • Budget / Klaus Hüfner
  • Charter Of Economic Rights And Duties Of States / Mir A. Ferdowsi
  • Charter Of The UN / Manfred Knapp
  • Collective Security / Peter J. Opitz
  • Committees, System Of / Helmut Volger
  • Common Heritage Of Mankind / Gregor Kolk
  • Control Mechanisms In The UN, External And Internal / Klaus Hüfner
  • Coordination In The UN System / Dieter Göthel
  • CSD – Commission On Sustainable Development / Jürgen Maier
  • Decolonization / Heike Henn
  • Democratization And The UN / Jens Naumann
  • Depository Libraries / Ramona Kohrs
  • Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Positions Of The German Parties Towards The UN / Wolfgang Ehrhart
  • Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Subcommittee On The United Nations / Eberhard Brecht and Wolfgang Ehrhart
  • Development Concepts, Development Research / Inge Kaul
  • Development Cooperation Of The UN System / Inge Kaul
  • Disarmament / Hans Günter Brauch
  • Documentation System / Ramona Kohrs
  • Economic Commissions, Regional / Peter Tobias Stoll
  • ECOSOC – Economic And Social Council / Wolfgang Spröte
  • Electoral Assistance / Simone Schwanitz
  • Enemy State Clauses / Jörn Axel Kämmerer
  • Environmental Law, International / Ulrich Beyerlin and Jenny Grote
  • Environmental Protection / Jürgen Maier
  • European Union, Common Foreign And Security Policy At The UN / Hans Arnold
  • FAO – Food And Agriculture Organization / Barbara Hofner
  • Financial Crises / Klaus Hüfner
  • General Assembly / Jürgen Heideking †
  • Geneva Group / Günther Altenburg
  • German Translation Section / Ruprecht Paqué
  • Globalization / Sabine Von Schorlemer
  • Group Of 77 And The UN / Mir A. Ferdowsi
  • Groups And Groupings In The UN / Ingo Winkelmann
  • History Of The Foundation Of The UN / Helmut Volger
  • History Of The UN / Helmut Volger
  • Host State Agreements / Hans-Joachim Heintze
  • Human Development Reports / Stephan Klingebiel and Marius Hildebrand
  • Human Rights / Norman Weiß
  • Human Rights, Protection Of / Theo Van Boven
  • Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner For / Alfred De Zayas
  • Human Rights, Universal Declaration Of / Peter J. Opitz
  • Human Rights Committee / Eckart Klein
  • Human Rights Conventions And Their Measures Of Implementation / Martina Haedrich
  • Human Rights Conventions, CAT – Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment / Martina Haedrich
  • Human Rights Conventions, CCPR – International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights / Eckart Klein
  • Human Rights Conventions, CEDAW – Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women / Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling
  • Human Rights Convention, CERD – International Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Racial Discrimination / Martina Haedrich.