Challenging Role of the un Secretary-General Making the Most Impossible Job in the World Possible

Name: Challenging Role of the un Secretary-General Making the Most Impossible Job in the World Possible
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ISBN: 9780275944667

ISBN-10: 0275944662

ISBN-13: 9780275944667

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Authors: Leon Gordenker, Benjamin Rivlin

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How has the role of the United Nations and its Secretary-General changed with the end of the Cold War? With the beginning of a New World Order? These questions are increasingly significant as the threat of nuclear-bloc confrontation is replaced by ethnic tensions and civil conflicts. In this first study of the office of the UN Secretary-General in this new era, Rivlin and Gordenker bring together leading scholars and practitioners to analyze these issues. The fifteen essays in this volume discuss the new complexity and salience of the role of the UN Secretary-General and its current incumbent, Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Not only is the role analyzed in relationship to a rapidly changing climate…

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Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 4/30/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Foreword: Sir Brian Urquhart


Preface


The Secretary-General in World Politics


The Changing International Political Climate and the Secretary-General



The Secretary-General as an Independent Political Actor



Managing, Improving, and Coping The United Nations Secretary-General as Chief Administrator



The Coordinative Function of the United Nations Secretary-General



The Secretary-General and His Special Representatives



The Secretary-General and the U.N. Budget



Advancing and Maintaining Peace The Role of the Secretary-General in the Israeli-Arab and the Cyprus Disputes



The Role of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Decolonization of Namibia



The Secretary-General in the Afghanistan Conflict, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Gulf Crisis



The United Nations in Central America


The Role of the Secretary-General



The Long Term Agenda Economic and Social Questions in the Years Ahead


Challenges and Opportunities for the Secretary-General



The United Nations Secretary-General and Human Rights


The Question of Leadership in a Changing Context



Purposes and Principles


The Secretary-General's Role in Human Rights



The Prospects for the Secretary-General Reflections on the Role of the United Nations Secretary-General



The U.N. Secretary-Generalship: Limits, Potentials, and Leadership



Bibliography


Index