The A to Z of the United Nations (A to Z Guides (Scarecrow Press))

✍ Scribed by Jacques Fomerand

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 693
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Consisting of 192 Member States, the United Nations was founded in 1945 to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations based on the respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples; to achieve international cooperation in solving problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character; and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. Just how successful the UN has been in maintaining these goals is covered in The A to Z of the United Nations. Author Jacques Fomerand provides a comprehensive dictionary of nearly 900 cross-referenced entries on the UN's various committees and organizations, its leaders, terms, policies, and major events in which the UN took part. Supplementing the dictionary entries are a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and appendixes, which include a reproduction of the UN's Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as a list of the Member States and when they joined.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 10
Editor’s Foreword......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 16
Chronology......Page 26
Introduction......Page 56
The Dictionary......Page 114
Appendix A: Charter of the United Nations......Page 520
Appendix B: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 1948......Page 554
Appendix C: Membership of the United Nations......Page 562
Appendix D: Assessed Contributions to the UN Regular Budget of the 15 Largest Assessed Contributors for 2003–2004 (Percentage of Total Assessed Contributions and Change in Ranked Position)......Page 566
Appendix E: Nomenclature of the United Nations System......Page 568
Appendix F: Timelines......Page 570
Bibliography......Page 584
About the Author......Page 684
photospread......Page 686