This thoughtful work by the world's leading authority on the law of United Nations General Assembly Resolutions remains of inestimable value in its assessment of the potential role of these resolutions under the "New World Order." An insider familiar with the institution's complexities, Professor Sloan examines with insight and clarity the new opportunities available to the United Nations in a world released from the stifling restraints of the Cold War. The book includes detailed documentary annexes as well as a bibliography and index.
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The United Nations in a Changing World
The United Nations in a Changing World
The United Nations General Assembly is arguably the most important discussion forum for global politics. This volume examines the history, organization and politics of the institution and assesses its future prospects.
On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the world has faced its biggest shared test since the Second World War in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
With talk of a ‘new Cold War’ and growing levels of plenary activism in the face of Security Council deadlock, this book will make for timely and essential reading for all in the field of international criminal justice.
The PGA Handbook: A Practical Guide to the United Nations General Assembly
... General Assembly of the UN (The Hague: Nijhoff, 1966); Alfred Verdross ... Resolutions: Some Conceptual Observations', ibid., 324–6; S.K. Agrawala ... Changing World (New York: Transantional Publications, 1991); Ricky J. Lee and Steven R ...
In this book one of the leading public lawyers of his generation explores the concept of good faith and its role in international law.
With updates throughout, this newly revised fifth edition serves as the definitive text for courses dealing with the United Nations.
The 1995 UNEP conference also produced a more general document , the Washington Declaration on Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - Based Activities , which highlights the purposes of the Global Programme of Action .