Great debates at the United Nations : an encyclopedia of fifty key issues 1945-2000
"Perfect for promoting student debate and critical thinking, and ideal for use by Model UN clubs, this ready-reference guide provides information and critical examinations of the 50 most important issues debated in United Nations history. Each entry consists of four narrative sections: the significance of the issue; the historical, social and economic background of the issue; the history of the UN debate and intervention on the issue and the positions of various nations; and the outcome of each debate."--Jacket
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xli, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Disarmament (1946)
Status and condition of children (1946)
Southwest Africa (Namibia) dispute (1946)
Refugees and stateless persons (1946)
World monetary system (1947)
Arab-Israeli dispute (1947)
India-Pakistan dispute (1948)
Health (1948)
Genocide (1948)
Human rights (1948)
Membership and representation questions (1950)
Korean War (1950)
Defining aggression (1950)
Apartheid in South Africa (1952)
Population (1954)
Hungarian question (1956)
Congo crisis (1960)
Decolonization (1960)
Narcotics control (1961)
UN financing crisis (1961)
Rhodesian question (1962)
Vietnam question (1963)
Cyprus question (1963)
Trade and development (1964)
Third World development programming (1964)
Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (1965)
Global environment (1972)
Terrorism (1972)
Law of the sea (1973)
New International Economic Order (1974)
Codes of conduct for transnational corporations (1974)
Food issues (1974)
Status of women (1975)
Zionism as racism (1975)
East Timor question (1975)
Human settlements (1976)
Central American wars (1978)
Cambodia situation (1979)
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979)
New International Information Order (1980)
Iran-Iraq war (1980)
Angola situation (1981)
UN reforms (1985)
Persian Gulf War (1990)
Balkan civil wars (1991)
Somali civil war (1991)
Mozambique situation (1992)
Haiti situation (1993)
Rwandan civil war (1993)
Kosovo situation (1998)