A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations: Second Revised Edition

A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations: Second Revised Edition
ISBN-10
904744454X
ISBN-13
9789047444541
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
980
Language
English
Published
2009-12-07
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Helmut Volger

Description

This is the second updated English edition of the German "Lexikon der Vereinten Nationen". The book provides in addition to concise and comprehensive information on the UN system, insight into recent UN developments and reform efforts in the face of global opportunities and challenges, such as the Millennium Summit 2000 and World Summit 2005, and the establishment of important new UN organs, the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, in 2006. The contributing authors are academic scholars of international law, economics and political sciences; active and former diplomats and UN officials; journalists and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and offer a variety of interesting perspectives.

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