The United Nations System: Toward International Justice

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Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002 - 335 pages
Focusing on the legal rather than political aspects of the United Nations, White (international organizations, U. of Nottingham) evaluates the goals, purposes, and values of the UN system, analyzes the institutional machinery created to fulfill those purposes, examines the implementation of the organization's goals, and comments on the UNOs effectiveness in the key areas of security, justice, human rights, the environment, and economic development. White intends this academic text to provide a useful basis from which to consider the long-term effects of recent dramatic world events, and the responses of the international community. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Contents

A UN System
3
Evolutionary Elements of the Legal Order
23
The UNs Values
47
Power and Accountability
79
Accountability and the Rule of
111
Peace and Security
139
111
172
Support for Democracy
173
Human Rights
221
The Environment
245
139
263
Economic and Development Matters
265
Summary and Conclusion
295
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
305
Index
327
About the Book 335

International Criminal Justice
197

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