The United Nations System: The Policies of Member StatesChadwick F. Alger, Gene M. Lyons, John E. Trent United Nations University Press, 1995 - 510 pages The essays in this volume provide a comparative study of national policies towards the United Nations. Eight cases have been selected: Algeria, Canada, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Each case study details a government's historical position on the United Nations, its past, present, and possible future expectations of the organization, and UN-related issues of special interest and the circumstances behind them. |
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... problems of human survival, development, and welfare. Its activities focus mainly on peace and conffict resolution, development in a changing world, and science and technology in relation to human welfare. The University operates ...
... problems of human survival, development, and welfare. Its activities focus mainly on peace and conffict resolution, development in a changing world, and science and technology in relation to human welfare. The University operates ...
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... problems in strengthening the capacity of the United Nations to enhance multilateral co- operation at a time of fundamental change in the inter-state system. But any assessment of the United Nations requires a longer and wider frame of ...
... problems in strengthening the capacity of the United Nations to enhance multilateral co- operation at a time of fundamental change in the inter-state system. But any assessment of the United Nations requires a longer and wider frame of ...
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... problems that transcend national boun- daries . These include the Rhine Commission , established by the Con- gress of Vienna in 1815 , and the Danube Commission , established in 1848. Other examples are the International Telegraphic ...
... problems that transcend national boun- daries . These include the Rhine Commission , established by the Con- gress of Vienna in 1815 , and the Danube Commission , established in 1848. Other examples are the International Telegraphic ...
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... problem - solving . In developing a historical perspective , it is worth remembering Claude's depiction of the century ... problems ; they have established a continuous , worldwide presence of this sys- tem of organizations , in some 134 ...
... problem - solving . In developing a historical perspective , it is worth remembering Claude's depiction of the century ... problems ; they have established a continuous , worldwide presence of this sys- tem of organizations , in some 134 ...
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... problem respects state borders, the diffi- culties confronted in coping with these problems would be much greater ... problems to be confronted. A broadening geographic presence The fact that governmental activity seems to require one ...
... problem respects state borders, the diffi- culties confronted in coping with these problems would be much greater ... problems to be confronted. A broadening geographic presence The fact that governmental activity seems to require one ...
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