Beschreibung:
This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN explores its historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations as well as major global challenges facing the organization today, including threats to peace and security, the refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and existential challenges of climate change and sustainability.
1 The United Nations in World Politics 2 The Evolution of the United Nations System 3 Actors in the United Nations System 4 Maintaining International Peace and Security 5 Economic, Human, and Sustainable Development 6 Advancing International Human Rights 7 Protection of the Environment 8 Human Security: Health, Food, Migration, and Trafficking 9 Is There a Future for the United Nations? Appendix: Charter of the United Nations (Selected Sections)