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The United Nations in the 21st Century
Karen A. Mingst, Margaret P. Karns, Alynna J. Lyon
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The United Nations in the 21st Century
Karen A. Mingst, Margaret P. Karns, Alynna J. Lyon
Ă propos de ce livre
The United Nations in the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN. It explores the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the UN as well as major global trends and challenges facing the organization today, including changing major power dynamics, new threats to peace and security, the migration and refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the existential challenges of climate change and sustainability.
Thoroughly revised and expanded, it contains two new chapters on the UN and the environment and on human security, including issues of health, food security, global migration, and human trafficking. There is enhanced analysis of theoretical perspectives on post-colonialism, feminist theory, constructivism, and non-Western views. New content has also been added on the UN's budget crisis, publicâprivate partnerships, and the role of women in the organization.
By examining the UN as an intergovernmental organization facing the broader need for global cooperation to address economic, social, and environmental interdependencies alongside the threats posed by rising nationalism and populism, this popular text is the perfect reference for all students and practitioners of international organizations, global governance, and international relations.
Foire aux questions
Informations
Acronyms
- AfDB
- African Development Bank
- AFISMA
- African-led International Support Mission to Mali
- AI
- Amnesty International
- AIIB
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- AMISOM
- African Union Mission to Somalia
- ANC
- African National Congress
- AOSIS
- Alliance of Small Island States
- AQIM
- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
- ASEAN
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- AU
- African Union
- BRI
- Belt and Road Initiative (China)
- BRICS
- Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (emerging powers)
- CACM
- Central American Common Market
- CAR
- Central African Republic
- CARE
- Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
- CARICOM
- Caribbean Community
- CBD
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- CEB
- Chief Executives Board (UN)
- CEDAW
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- CFCs
- chlorofluorocarbons
- CGIAR
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
- CITES
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- CoNGO
- Conference of Non-Governmental Organisations in Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC
- COP
- Conference of Parties
- COVAX
- Coronavirus Vaccine Facility
- CRC
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- CSD
- Commission on Sustainable Development
- CSO
- civil society organizations
- CSW
- Commission on the Status of Women
- CTC
- Counter-Terrorism Committee
- CTITF
- Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force
- CTED
- Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate
- CWC
- Chemical Weapons Convention
- DAWN
- Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
- DCF
- Development Cooperation Forum (Biennial)
- DPKO
- UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (former)
- DPO
- UN Department of Peace Operations
- DPPA
- UN Department of Political and Peacekeeping Affairs
- DRC
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- EBFs
- Extra-budgetary Funds (WHO)
- ECA
- Economic Commission for Africa
- ECE
- Economic Commission for Europe
- ECLA
- Economic Commission for Latin America
- ECLAC
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- ECOSOC
- United Nations Economic and Social Council
- ECOWAS
- Economic Community of West African States
- EPTA
- Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance
- ERC
- Emergency Relief Coordinator
- ESCAP
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- EU
- European Union
- FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- GATT
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GAVI
- Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
- GCC
- Gulf Cooperation Council
- GCM
- Global Compact on Migration
- GCR
- Global Compact on Refugees
- GDP
- gross domestic product
- GEF
- Global Environmental Facility
- GHGs
- Greenhouse gases
- GNP
- gross national product
- GOARN
- Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
- GONGOs
- government-organized non-governmental organizations
- GRULAC
- Group of Latin American and Caribbean States
- GSP
- Generalized System of Preferences
- GWP
- Global Wildlife Program
- G-7
- Group of Seven
- G-8
- Group of Eight
- G-20
- Group of Twenty
- G-77
- Group of 77
- HDI
- Human Development Index
- HIPC
- Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative
- HIPPO
- High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations
- HIV/AIDS
- human immunodeficiency syndrome
- HLAB
- High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation
- HLPF
- High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
- HLTF
- High-Level Task Force on the Food Security Crisis
- HRC
- Human Rights Council
- HRW
- Human Rights Watch
- IAEA
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- IBRD
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (also known as the World Bank)
- IATA
- International Association of Transport Airlines
- ICAO
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICC
- International Criminal Court
- ICISS
- International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
- ICJ
- International Court of Justice
- ICRC
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- ICSID
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- ICTR
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- ICTY
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- IDA
- International Development Association
- IDB
- Inter-American Development Bank
- IDP
- Internally displaced persons
- IFAD
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- IFC
- International Finance Corporation
- IFOR
- Implementation Force (NATO force in the former Yugoslavia)
- IGAD
- Intergovernmental Authority for Development
- IGO
- international intergovernmental organization
- IHR
- International Health Regulations
- ILGA
- Inter-sex Association
- ILO
- International Labour Organization
- IMF
- International Monetary Fund
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- IMRF
- International Migration Review Forum
- INSTRAW
- International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
- IPCC
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IR
- International relations
- IO
- International organizations
- IOM
- International Organization for Migration
- INGO
- International non-governmental organization
- ISAF
- International Security Assistance Force
- ISIS
- Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham
- ITU
- International Telecommunications Union
- IUCN
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, now known as the World Conservation Union
- JCPOA
- Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (2015 Iran nuclear agreement)
- LDCs
- less developed countries (also referred to as âthe Southâ)
- LGBTI
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex
- LRA
- Lordâs Resistance Army (Uganda)
- MDGs
- Millennium Development Goals
- MEA
- Multilateral environmental agreement
- MIGA
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- MINUSTAH
- UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti
- MINUSCA
- UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
- MINUSMA
- UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
- MONUC
- UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- MONUSCO
- UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- MNC
- Multinational corporations
- MSLR
- Mean sea-level rise
- MSF
- MĂ©decins Sans FrontiĂšres
- NAFTA
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- NAM
- Nonaligned Movement
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NCDs
- Noncommunicable Diseases
- NDCs
- Nationally determined contributions (emissions cuts)
- NEPAD
- New Partnership for Africaâs Development
- NGO
- nongovernmental organization
- NIEO
- New International Economic Order
- NWS
- nuclear weapon sates
- NNWS
- non-nuclear weapon states
- NPT
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- OAS
- Organization of American States
- OAU
- Organization of African Unity
- OCHA
- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- OECD
- Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development
- ONOCI
- UN Operation CĂŽte dâIvoire
- OHCHR
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- OIHP
- Office International dâHygiĂšne Publique
- OIC
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- OPCW
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- OPEC
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OSCE
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- PBC
- Peacebuilding Commission
- PBSO
- United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office
- PCA
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
- PHEIC
- Public Health Emergency of International Concern (WHO)
- PLO
- Palestine Liberation Organization
- POC
- Protection of civilians
- PRC
- Peopleâs Republic of China
- PRSP
- Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
- P-5
- Permanent five members of the UN Security Council
- P-5+1
- Permanent five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (for Iran negotiations)
- R2P
- responsibility to protect (also RtoP)
- ROC
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- RPF
- Rwandan Patriotic Front
- SADC
- Southern African Development Community
- SARS
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
- SDGs
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SFOR
- NATO Stabilization Force (in the former Yugoslavia)
- SMG
- UN Senior Management Group
- SRSG
- Special Representative of the Secretary General
- SWAPO
- South West Africa Peopleâs Organization
- TNC
- Transnational corporation
- UDHR
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- UK
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- UN
- United Nations
- UNAIDS
- United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS
- UNAMI
- United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq
- UNAMID
- UNâAU Hybrid operation in Darfur
- UNMIL
- United Nations Mission in Liberia
- UNAMIR
- United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda
- UNCCT
- United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre
- UNCED
- United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
- UNCHE
- United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
- UNCLOS
- United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
- UNCTAD
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNDOF
- United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
- UNDP
- United Nations Development Program
- UNDRO
- United Nations Disaster Relief Organization
- UNEF I, II
- United Nations Emergency Force (in Egypt)
- UNEP
- United Nations Environment Programme
- UNESCO
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UNFICYP
- United Nations Force in Cyprus
- UNFPA
- United Nations Fund for Population Activities
- UNGA
- United Nations General Assembly
- UN.GIFT
- United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
- UNIFIL
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- UNIKOM
- United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission
- UNITA
- National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
- UNITAF
- Unified Task Force on Somalia (also known as Operation Restore Hope)
- UNMEER
- United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response
- UNMISS
- UN Mission in South Sudan
- UNMIT
- UN Integrated Mission in Timor
- UNMOVIC
- United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (in Iraq)
- UN-NGLS
- United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Services
- UNOCHA
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- UNOCI
- United Nations Operation in CĂŽte dâIvoire
- UNODC
- United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
- UNOSOM
- United Nations Operation in Somalia
- UNPROFOR
- United Nations Protection Force (in the former Yugoslavia)
- UNRWA
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency
- UNSC
- United Nations Security Council
- UNSCOM
- United Nations Special Commission for the Disarmament of Iraq
- UNSG
- United Nations Secretary-General
- UNTAC
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
- UNTAET
- United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
- UNTAG
- United Nations Transition Assistance Group (in Namibia)
- UPR
- Universal Periodic Review (of human rights)
- UPU
- Universal Postal Union
- VNR
- Voluntary National Reviews (of SDG progress)
- WCED
- World Commission on Environment and Development
- WEOG
- Western Europe and Others Group
- WFP
- World Food Programme
- WHA
- World Health Assembly
- WHO
- World Health Organization
- WIPO
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- WMD
- weapons of mass destruction
- WMO
- World Meteorological Organization
- WPS
- Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
- WTO
- World Trade Organization
- WWF
- World Wildlife Fund for Nature
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Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- List of Acronyms
- Appendix: Charter of the United Nations (Selected Sections)
- Glossary
- Index