Votes in the Un General Assembly

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-90-411-0564-6
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 256 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Reihe: Nijhoff Law Specials

Fifty years after its founding, the United Nations is undergoing a process of renewal. As the principal international players seek to define a new world order, they are also trying to transform the UN. But the UN is largely their creation and its shortcomings can be traced to their own attitude towards the Organization.

Votes in the UN General Assembly describes the workings of the international community's most representative forum over the past five decades. It chronicles the behavior of States through their participation in the debates on, and the search for solutions to, the crucial problems facing humanity. The book also offers the first detailed analysis of how countries vote in the Assembly.

This ground-breaking study will serve to better understand the UN's past as the organization looks to the future.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marin-Bosch, Miguel

Marinbosch, Miguel

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Vereinte Nationen, UN Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Appendixes. Preface. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Tables. Figures. Introduction. Part One: The Stage and the Actors. 1: The International Community's Most Representative Forum. A universal organization. The rules of the game. Regarding majorities and minorities. 2: A Half-Century of Debates. An ever-heavier agenda. Consistency and contradiction. The difficult questions. The fundamental issues. The Organization's functioning. Part Two: Voting Patterns. 3: The Resolutions and the Votes. An ocean of resolutions. The vetoes in the Security Council. Triple, double and single rejections.4: Coincidences and Discrepancies. The tools of analysis. General trends, 1946-1996. Some signposts. The five stages. The contours of a new agenda. Epilogue. Appendixes. Index.