ABSTRACT

This is a clear survey of the role played by the United Nations in the major political crises of the post-war world. In covering its high-profile, peace-keeping role, its support of new nations, and its involvement in new initiatives such as famine relief and drug control, the author presents an introduction to the UN in action.

part |2 pages

Purpose, principles and structure

chapter 1|11 pages

The purpose and principles of the UN

chapter 2|11 pages

The structure of the UN

part |2 pages

Peacekeeping and collective security

chapter 3|11 pages

Peacekeeping in principle

chapter 4|12 pages

The UN and Korea, 1950–3

chapter 5|11 pages

Cyprus

chapter 6|16 pages

The Palestinian problem

chapter 7|11 pages

Afghanistan

chapter 8|15 pages

The Gulf conflict, 1990–1

part |2 pages

Nuclear questions

chapter 9|13 pages

Nuclear proliferation

chapter 10|13 pages

Nuclear testing

chapter 11|17 pages

Human rights

chapter 12|13 pages

Women’s rights

chapter 13|14 pages

Apartheid

chapter 14|16 pages

Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia)

part |2 pages

New nations

chapter 15|11 pages

West Irian, 1962–9

chapter 16|11 pages

Namibia

chapter 17|14 pages

Cambodia

part |2 pages

New initiatives

chapter 18|15 pages

The environment

chapter 19|10 pages

The control of drugs

chapter 20|10 pages

The control of AIDS

chapter 21|13 pages

Africa’s food crisis