ABSTRACT
This is a clear survey of the role played by the United Nations in the major political crises of the post-war world. In covering its high-profile, peace-keeping role, its support of new nations, and its involvement in new initiatives such as famine relief and drug control, the author presents an introduction to the UN in action.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Purpose, principles and structure
chapter |11 pages
The purpose and principles of the UN
chapter |11 pages
The structure of the UN
part |2 pages
Peacekeeping and collective security
chapter |11 pages
Peacekeeping in principle
chapter |12 pages
The UN and Korea, 1950–3
chapter |11 pages
Cyprus
chapter |16 pages
The Palestinian problem
chapter |11 pages
Afghanistan
chapter |15 pages
The Gulf conflict, 1990–1
part |2 pages
Nuclear questions
chapter |13 pages
Nuclear proliferation
chapter |13 pages
Nuclear testing
chapter |17 pages
Human rights
chapter |13 pages
Women’s rights
chapter |14 pages
Apartheid
chapter |16 pages
Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia)
part |2 pages
New nations
part |2 pages
New initiatives
