A perfect ready-reference guide for students and Model UN clubs on the 50 most important issues debated in UN history.
Preface
Timeline of Events
Introduction
The Fifty Great Debates
Disarmament (1946)
Status and Condition of Children (1946)
The 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)
The 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)
The 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)
Appendixes
Glossary
Bibliographic Essay
Index
ROBERT F. GORMAN is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Humanities and Professor of Political Science at Southwest Texas State University. He served as a Council on Foreign Relations Fellow in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau for Refugee Programs, working on African refugee issues, and was also a visiting scholar at Africare, an American private voluntary organization. He is the author of numerous articles on refugee affairs, African politics, foreign affairs, and international relations. He is the author of many books, including Historical Dictionary of Refugee and Disaster Relief Organizations (2000), Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations (1997), and Refugee Aid and Development: Theory and Practice (Greenwood Press, 1993).
.,."especially valuable for researchers, model UN clubs, and
schools with strong political-science departments."-School Library
Journal
.,."this is a good resource."-The Book Report
.,."will allow students to decide how to debate and think
critically about issues ranging from disarmament in 1946 through
terrorism in 1972 and the Kosovo Situation in 1998. For each issue,
its significance, background, history and outcome are
provided...Teachers could use this book by presenting the issue to
students for debate and then comparing their outcomes with the
actual solutions reached by the U.N."-Gale Reference for
Students
?...especially valuable for researchers, model UN clubs, and
schools with strong political-science departments.?-School Library
Journal
?...will allow students to decide how to debate and think
critically about issues ranging from disarmament in 1946 through
terrorism in 1972 and the Kosovo Situation in 1998. For each issue,
its significance, background, history and outcome are
provided...Teachers could use this book by presenting the issue to
students for debate and then comparing their outcomes with the
actual solutions reached by the U.N.?-Gale Reference for
Students
?Students of the UN and Model UN program participants will
particularly appreciate this extremely useful volume....Highly
recommended for library reference collections at all
levels.?-Choice
?This important work conveys the crucial concerns the United
Nations has tackled in its first half-century....The value of this
work is that it brings information on the "great debates" together
objectively, succinctly, and clearly. It will be useful in academic
and large public libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?Uniquely suited for student debate and Model UN clubs, this volume
will be well received in high school and college
collections.?-Lawrence Looks at Books
?...this is a good resource.?- The Book Report
?...this is a good resource.?-The Book Report
?...this is a good resource.??The Book Report
..."especially valuable for researchers, model UN clubs, and
schools with strong political-science departments."-School Library
Journal
..."this is a good resource."-The Book Report
"Students of the UN and Model UN program participants will
particularly appreciate this extremely useful volume....Highly
recommended for library reference collections at all
levels."-Choice
"This important work conveys the crucial concerns the United
Nations has tackled in its first half-century....The value of this
work is that it brings information on the "great debates" together
objectively, succinctly, and clearly. It will be useful in academic
and large public libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Uniquely suited for student debate and Model UN clubs, this volume
will be well received in high school and college
collections."-Lawrence Looks at Books
..."will allow students to decide how to debate and think
critically about issues ranging from disarmament in 1946 through
terrorism in 1972 and the Kosovo Situation in 1998. For each issue,
its significance, background, history and outcome are
provided...Teachers could use this book by presenting the issue to
students for debate and then comparing their outcomes with the
actual solutions reached by the U.N."-Gale Reference for Students
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