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"At a time of profound transformations in international relations, the second edition of Historical Dictionary of the United Nations maps out the continuing and deepening role and relevance of the United Nations in the maintenance of peace and the promotion of development and human rights. Focusing on the past two decades developments, this book contributes to a reasoned and fuller understanding of an organization which remains the cornerstone of a changing world fraught with challenges which simply cannot be addressed either unilaterally or bilaterally. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the United Nations contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on its basic organizations, subsidiary bodies, related specialized and other agencies, and nongovernmental actors as well as outstanding figures in its history. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the United Nations."--EBSCO

Author Jacques Fomerand provides a comprehensive dictionary of nearly 900 cross-referenced entries on the UN's various committees and organizations, its leaders, terms, policies, and major events in which the UN took part. Supplementing the dictionary entries are a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and appendixes

Fomerand reviews 'The United Nations at the End of the 1990s, 3d ed.' by Peter R. Baehr and Leon Gordenker, 'A Changing United Nations: Multilateral Evolution and the Quest for Global Governance' by W. Andy Knight, 'The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era, 2d ed.' by Karen A. Mingst and Margaret P. Karns, 'The United Nations at the Millennium: The Principal Organs' by Paul Taylor and A. J. R. Gordon, and 'The United Nations and Changing World Politics, 3d ed.' by Thomas G. Weiss, David P. Forsythe and Roger A. Coate.

Examines UN resource limitations in light of steady demand for the organization's operational field involvement. The UN's vast data-gathering system is described in terms of its implications for sustainable development & sustainable economic growth. As an early warning system for agenda building, the UN system has brought about change in some Bretton Woods institutions; however, in some cases, early warnings have gone unheeded. These issues are discussed in the context of the UN's capacity for advocacy & norm-setting. The need for as wide a consensus as possible among the UN member states is stressed. While still an instrument of national policies, the UN can play a role in the collective legitimization of new norms, standards, & principles of universal application. J. Zendejas