The Procedure of the UN Security Council
The Procedure of the UN Security Council

Author: Loraine Sievers

Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 0199685290

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This text is a revised edition and contains new material documenting the extensive and rapid innovations in the UN Security Council's procedures of the past two decades. It provides insight into the inside workings of the world's pre-eminent body for the maintenance of international peace and security. Grounded in the history and politics of the Council, it describes the ways the Council has responded through its working methods to a changing world. It explains the Council's role in its wider UN Charter context and examines its relations with other UN organs and its own subsidiary bodies.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Author: William A. Schabas

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-04-18

Total Pages: 4171

ISBN-13: 1139619624

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A collection of United Nations documents associated with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these volumes facilitate research into the scope of, meaning of and intent behind the instrument's provisions. It permits an examination of the various drafts of what became the thirty articles of the Declaration, including one of the earliest documents – a compilation of human rights provisions from national constitutions, organised thematically. The documents are organised chronologically and thorough thematic indexing facilitates research into the origins of specific rights and norms. It is also annotated in order to provide information relating to names, places, events and concepts that might have been familiar in the late 1940s but are today more obscure.

The Essential UN.
The Essential UN.

Author: United Nations

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789211013726

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"Everything you always wanted to know about the United Nations in one book! This primer to the United Nations is designed for all global citizens. It covers the history of the UN, what it does and how it does it. As the world's only truly global organization, the United Nations is where countries meet to address universal issues that cannot be resolved by any one of them acting alone. From international peace and security to sustainable development, climate change, human rights, and humanitarian action, the United Nations acts on our behalf around the world." --

Law and Practice of the United Nations
Law and Practice of the United Nations

Author: Simon Chesterman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 793

ISBN-13: 0190493259

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Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary combines primary materials with expert commentary demonstrating the interaction between law and practice in the UN organization, as well as the possibilities and limitations of multilateral institutions in general. Each chapter begins with a short introductory essay describing how the documents that ensue illustrate a set of legal, institutional, and political issues relevant to the practice of diplomacy and the development of public international law through the United Nations. Each chapter also includes questions to guide discussion of the primary materials, and a brief bibliography to facilitate further research on the subject. This second edition addresses the most challenging issues confronting the United Nations and the global community today, from terrorism to climate change, from poverty to nuclear proliferation. New features include hypothetical fact scenarios to test the understanding of concepts in each chapter. This edition contains expanded author commentary, while maintaining the focus on primary materials. Such materials enable a realistic presentation of the work of international diplomacy: the negotiation, interpretation and application of such texts are an important part of what actually takes place at the United Nations and other international organizations. This work is ideal for courses on the United Nations or International Organizations, taught in both law and international relations programs.

Charter of the United Nations
Charter of the United Nations

Author: Ian Shapiro

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-04-28

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0300182538

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This volume contains the full text of the United Nations Charter and the Statute of the International Court of Justice, as well as related historical documents. They are accompanied by ten original essays on the Charter and its legacy by distinguished scholars and former high-level UN officials. The commentaries illuminate the early and ongoing roles of the United Nations in responding to international crises, debates about the UN’s architecture and its reform, and its role in global governance, climate change, peacekeeping, and development. A concise and accessible introduction to the UN for students, this collection also offers important new scholarship that will be of interest to experts.

Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice
Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice

Author: United Nations

Publisher: UN

Published: 2015-08-30

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9789210016513

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The Charter of the United Nations was signed in 1945 by 51 countries representing all continents, paving the way for the creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice forms part of the Charter. The aim of the Charter is to save humanity from war; to reaffirm human rights and the dignity and worth of the human person; to proclaim the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small; and to promote the prosperity of all humankind. The Charter is the foundation of international peace and security.

Key Documents on the Reform of the Un Security Council 1991-2019
Key Documents on the Reform of the Un Security Council 1991-2019

Author: Bardo Fassbender

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 1375

ISBN-13: 9789004415171

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"Key Documents on the Reform of the UN Security Council 1991-2019" brings together primary source documents reflecting the political, legal and academic discussions of the United Nations Security Council reform, in particular the Council's membership and decision-making, as they have taken place since 1991. Earlier discussions from the late 1940s through 1991 are covered insofar as they offer a useful contribution to the current debate. This extensive collection, curated by a leading authority, is intended to be representative of the debate as a whole without bias, faithfully reflecting the positions of various stakeholders, global participants and civil society. This important work will be an indispensable resource for researchers and students, bringing together hundreds of documents produced during more than three decades by governments, UN bodies, universities, think tanks and individual authors in a single, comprehensive volume.