Basic Facts About The United Nations
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTSList of acronyms Foreword by the Secretary-General PART ONE Chapter 1:The United Nations: Organization United Nations Charter Purposes and principles Membership Official languages . . . Structure of the Organization General Assembly Security Council Economic and Social Council Trusteeship Council International Court of Justice Secretariat Budget of the United Nations The United Nations Family of Organizations Secretariat UN Programmes and other Bodies Specialized Agencies and other Organizations PART TWO Chapter 2: International Peace and Security The Security Council . The General Assembly Peacemaking Peacekeeping Cooperating with regional organizations Strengthening future peacekeeping . . . Enforcement Embargoes and sanctions . , Authorizing military action Peace-building Election monitoring Building peace through development United Nations action for peace Africa Southern Africa Central Africa Eritrea Somalia Liberia Latin America and the Caribbean Haiti Asia Korean peninsula The Middle East South Asia subcontinent: India-Pakistan Cambodia Cyprus Iraq Tajikistan Europe Georgia The former Yugoslavia Disarmament United Nations role Recent highlights Containing nuclear weapons Current priorities Peaceful uses of outer space Legal instruments Office for Outer Space Affairs UNISPACE conferences . . . Coordinating development activities Economic development Official development assistance Promoting development worldwide Lending for development Lending for stability Investment and development Trade and development Agricultural development Industrial development Labour Transport and communications Telecommunications International postal service Intellectual property Science and technology for development . . . Social development Reducing poverty Fighting hunger Health Human settlements Education Research and training Population and development Women's issues and gender mainstreaming . Assistance to children Social integration Uncivil society: crime, illicit drugs and terrorism Drug control Crime prevention Science, culture and communication . . . . . Sustainable development Earth Summit and Agenda 21 ......... Changing human behaviour Action for the environment Climate change and global warming . . . . . Desertification Biodiversity, pollution and overfishing . . . . Protecting the marine environment Meteorology, climate and water . . National resources and energy . . . Nuclear safety Chapter 4: Human Rights Human rights instruments International Bill of Human Rights Economic, social and cultural rights Civil and political rights Other conventions Other standards Human rights machinery The United Nations Commission on Human Rights The High Commissioner for Human Rights Promoting and protecting human rights Major conferences Right to development The rights of labour The struggle against discrimination Apartheid Racism The rights of women The rights of children The rights of minorities . . Indigenous people Persons with disabilities . . Migrant workers Administration of justice . . Future priorities Chapter 5: Humanitarian Assistance Emergency relief coordination Delivering assistance International protection and assistance to refugees Palestine refugees Judicial settlement of disputes Progressive development and codification of international law International trade law Environmental law . . Law of the sea Impact of the Convention Deep seabed mining Bodies established under the Convention . . International humanitarian law International Criminal Court International tribunals International terrorism Other legal questions Chapter7:Decolonization International Trusteeship System Non-Self-Governing Territories Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples Namibia Western Sahara East Timor PART THREE APPENDICES United Nations Member States Growth in United Nations membership, 1945 1998 Decolonization Territories independent since1960 Territories that have been integrated or associat with independent States since 1960 . . Territories to which the Decolonization Dec still applies Trust Territories that have achieved self-determination Peacekeeping Operations: past and present . Budget of the United Nations United Nations special observances United Nations Information Centres, Services and Offices United Nations web sites Related United Nations publications INDEX BOXES Chapter 1 Amendments to the United Nations Charter Previous Secretaries-General Chapter 2 Working Group on an Agenda for Peace . . Preventive deployment Who commands peacekeeping operations? . The fight against landmines Ongoing peacekeeping operations Bilateral agreements Multilateral disarmament and arms regulation agreements Chapters UN Development Decades The United Nations competitive advantage . Declining assistance to development Africa - a United Nations priority Foreign direct investment and development . Promoting fair trade Protecting consumers Facilitating global telecommunications . . . Recent major world conferences World Summit for Social Development . . . Promoting food security Victory over river blindness The UN combats HIV/AIDS . . . Adequate shelter for all Education for all .......... The Population Conference, 1994 Chapter 4 Defining universal rights . . . . , The Beiijing Platform for Action , Chapter 5 Coordinating emergency relief . . Responding to emergencies Getting food to where it is needed Chapter 6 Law of the Sea Convention, key features Chapter 7 Territories to which the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples continues to apply (as of 1998) CHARTS AND MAPS Chapter 1 Growth of UN membership (1945-1998) UN regular budget and staffing levels The United Nations system Principal United Nations Offices around the world . Chapter 2 United Nations peacekeeping operations Chapter 3 The Great Divide: North-South incomes Trends in poverty in developing countries Progress in child health: declining infant mortality Chapter 5 People in flight NOTLARThe UN Family of Organizations-Economic and Social Development-International Peace and Security-Universal Human Rights-Humanitarian Asistance-International Law-Disarmament-Decolonization |
