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Title U.S. national debate topic, 2004-2005 : the United Nations / edited by Cullen Thomas.

Publication Info. Bronx, NY : H.W. Wilson, 2004.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  341.23 REFERENCE SHELF    Check Shelf
Description viii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series The Reference shelf ; v. 76, no. 2
Reference shelf ; v. 76, no. 2.
Note "Editorial Advisor Lynn M. Messina"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.
Contents Origins and major efforts. United Nations -- A step along an evolutionary path : the founding of the United Nations / Jean Krasno -- The United Nations and world history : introduction to Encyclopedia of the United Nations / John Allphin Moore, Jr., Jerry Pubantz -- The U.N. idea revisited / Abba Eban -- The work of U.N. programs and specialized agencies. Major achievements of the United Nations -- An interview with Carol Bellamy, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund / Oliver Smith, Monica Tedeschi -- Earth summit : the planet is at a crucial crossroads / Fred Pearce -- Doctor who pushed health onto global political agenda / Frances Williams -- The four "R"s of refugees / Ruud Lubbers -- A history of intervention. Major conflicts -- What I learned in Bosnia / Paddy Ashdown -- Tolerance breaks out in Kosovo / Ken Dilanian -- Walking softly in Afghanistan : the future of U.N. state-building / Simon Chesterman -- What U.N. did in East Timor, a lesson for Iraq? / Slobodan Lekic -- The U.S. and the U.N., a troubled affair. U.N. peacekeeping in trouble as cost and controversy grow / Miles A. Pomper -- Out of the loop / Lee Michael Katz -- Why America still needs the United Nations / Shashi Tharoor -- Right to the brink -- Questions of reform and the U.N.'s future. From World leaders adopt "United Nations Millennium Declaration" at conclusion of extraordinary three-day summit -- U.N. wants to rule new world order / Diane Sabom -- United Nations / Madeleine K. Albright -- Defining a new role for the United Nations / Kofi A. Annan -- Appendix. United Nations members.
Subject United Nations.
Added Author Thomas, Cullen.
Added Title United Nations
ISBN 0824210352 alkaline paper
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