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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... proposals for UN reform, and considers eight case-studies of policies toward the United Nations. The reader may also wish to consult State, Society, and the UN System: Changing Perspectives on Multilateralism, edited by Keith Krause and ...
... proposals for UN reform, and considers eight case-studies of policies toward the United Nations. The reader may also wish to consult State, Society, and the UN System: Changing Perspectives on Multilateralism, edited by Keith Krause and ...
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... proposals for UN reform . With support from the Ford Foundation and the former Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security , a series of draft studies were presented at a conference held in Ottawa , Canada , in early 1990 ...
... proposals for UN reform . With support from the Ford Foundation and the former Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security , a series of draft studies were presented at a conference held in Ottawa , Canada , in early 1990 ...
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... proposals and also propose to them resolu- tions for UN bodies . And through their national organizations they coordinate this effort with pressure on national governments . It is widely recognized that constant prodding by INGOS and ...
... proposals and also propose to them resolu- tions for UN bodies . And through their national organizations they coordinate this effort with pressure on national governments . It is widely recognized that constant prodding by INGOS and ...
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... Proposals 18 ( 1987 ) , no . 3 : 375–392 . 25. Mats Friberg and Bjorn Hettne , " The Greening of the World : Towards a Non - Determinis- tic Model of Global Processes , ” University of Gothenberg , Sweden , Xerox , 1982 . 26. D. L. ...
... Proposals 18 ( 1987 ) , no . 3 : 375–392 . 25. Mats Friberg and Bjorn Hettne , " The Greening of the World : Towards a Non - Determinis- tic Model of Global Processes , ” University of Gothenberg , Sweden , Xerox , 1982 . 26. D. L. ...
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... Proposals for UN reform Gene M. Lyons In his opening essay , Chadwick Alger has provided an historical per- spective - the long view - on the evolution of international organiza- tions.1 We have ( to borrow a phrase ) come a long way ...
... Proposals for UN reform Gene M. Lyons In his opening essay , Chadwick Alger has provided an historical per- spective - the long view - on the evolution of international organiza- tions.1 We have ( to borrow a phrase ) come a long way ...
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