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Global Issues in the United Nations’ Framework

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Paul Taylor

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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  2. A. J. R. Groom

    1. University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
      Centre for the Analysis of Conflict, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Paul Taylor, A. J. R. Groom
      Pages 1-3

  3. The Context and the Conferences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. The Origins and Institutional Setting of the UN Special Conferences

      • Paul Taylor
      Pages 7-34

    3. The Pattern of Conferences

      • Peter Willetts
      Pages 35-63

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 64-72
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  5. UNCTAD and International Economic Reform: A Note on Organisational Characteristics and the Political Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. In Search of Racial Equality: The Elimination of Racial Discrimination

      • Gene M. Lyons
      Pages 75-115

    3. UNSSODS: The Quest for Structure and Norms

      • A. J. R. Groom, Jean-François Guilhaudis
      Pages 116-147

    4. Population: Coming to Terms with People

      • Paul Taylor
      Pages 148-176

    5. The Road to Rome: The Production and Distribution of Food

      • Donald J. Puchala
      Pages 177-204

    6. The Human Environment: Stockholm and its Follow Up

      • Ingrid Detter de Lupis
      Pages 205-225

    7. Women’s Rights: 1975–1985

      • R. J. Harrison
      Pages 226-244

    8. UNCTAD and International Economic Reform

      • Gautam Sen
      Pages 245-272

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 273-281
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  7. Evaluation and Prescription

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Reflections on a Changing System

      • A. J. R. Groom
      Pages 285-296

    3. The Report of the Committee of Eighteen

      • Paul Taylor, A. J. R. Groom
      Pages 297-348

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 349-371
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After World War II the United Nations set up a number of special conferences to deal with new problems in international diplomacy which had arisen. This looks at the significance of these conferences and the implications of the changes for the effectiveness of the United Nations framework.

Editors and Affiliations

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Paul Taylor

  • University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

    A. J. R. Groom

  • Centre for the Analysis of Conflict, UK

    A. J. R. Groom

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