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The Maintenance of Peace and Security

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The United Nations: Reality and Ideal

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Two principal direct approaches to the maintenance of international peace and security, the fundamental purpose of the United Nations, are set out in the UN Charter.

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  1. Heemstede, Netherlands

    Peter R. Baehr

  2. Princeton, New Jersey, USA

    Leon Gordenker

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Baehr, P.R., Gordenker, L. (2005). The Maintenance of Peace and Security. In: The United Nations: Reality and Ideal. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501096_4

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