A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations, 2nd Edition

 Content: Contents; Introduction; How to use this book; Abbreviations; Africa as Topic in the UN (Konrad Melchers); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Agenda for Development (Klaus Hufner); Agenda for Peace (Erwin A. Schmidl); Aggression, Definition of (Ulrich Fastenrath); Budget (Klaus Hufner); Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States (Mir A. Ferdowsi); Addendum ( Antje Hennings); Charter of the UN (Manfred Knapp); Collective Security (Peter J. Opitz); Addendum (Irene Weinz); Committees, System of (Helmut Volger); Common Heritage of Mankind (Gregor Kolk); Addendum (Christian J. Tams); Control Mechanisms in the UN, External and Internal (Klaus Hufner); Coordination in the UN System (Dieter Gothel); CSD - Commission on Sustainable Development (Jurgen Maier); Decolonization (Heike Henn); Addendum (Sally Morphet); Democratization and the UN (Jens Naumann); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Depository Libraries (Ramona Kohrs); Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Positions of the; German Parties towards the UN (Wolfgang Ehrhart); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Subcommittee on the; United Nations (Eberhard Brecht / Wolfgang Ehrhart); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Development Concepts, Development Research (Inge Kaul); Development Cooperation of the UN System (Inge Kaul); Disarmament (Hans Gunter Brauch); Documentation System (Ramona Kohrs); Economic Commissions, Regional (Peter Tobias Stoll); ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council (Wolfgang Sprote); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Electoral Assistance (Simone Schwanitz); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Enemy State Clauses (Jorn Axel Kammerer); Environmental Law, International (Ulrich Beyerlin / Jenny Grote); Environmental Protection (Jurgen Maier); European Union, Common Foreign and Security Policy at the UN; (Hans Arnold); Addendum (Frank Hoffmeister); FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization (Barbara Hofner); Addendum (Friederike Hoffmann); Financial Crises (Klaus Hufner); General Assembly (Jurgen Heideking  ); Addendum (Reinhard Wesel); Geneva Group (Gunther Altenburg); Addendum (Helmut Volger); German Translation Section (Ruprecht Paque); Globalization (Sabine von Schorlemer); Addendum (Thomas Fues); Group of 77 and the UN (Mir A. Ferdowsi); Addendum (Sally Morphet); Groups and Groupings in the UN (Ingo Winkelmann); History of the Foundation of the UN (Helmut Volger); History of the UN (Helmut Volger); Host State Agreements (Hans-Joachim Heintze); Human Development Reports (Stephan Klingebiel / Marius Hildebrand); Human Rights (Norman Weiss); Human Rights, Protection of (Theo van Boven); Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for (Alfred de Zayas); Human Rights, Universal Declaration of (Peter J. Opitz); Addendum (Norman Weiss); Human Rights Committee (Eckart Klein); Human Rights Conventions and their Measures of Implementation; (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CAT - Convention against Torture and Other; Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and; Political Rights (Eckart Klein); Human Rights Conventions, CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of; All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; (Hanna Beate Schopp-Schilling); Human Rights Convention, CERD - International Convention on the; Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CESCR - International Covenant on; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Eckart Klein); Human Rights Conventions, Convention on the Prevention and; Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child; (Joachim Betz); Human Rights Council (Helmut Volger); Humanitarian Assistance (Gita Swamy Meier-Ewert); Humanitarian Law, International (Hans-Joachim Heintze); IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (Marc Schattenmann); Addendum (Helmut Volger); ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization (Helmut Volger); ICC - International Criminal Court (Sabine von Schorlemer); ICJ - International Court of Justice (Karin Oellers-Frahm); Addendum (Karin Oellers-Frahm); ILC - International Law Commission (Bruno Simma); ILO - International Labour Organization (Christian Jetzlsperger); IMF - International Monetary Fund (Martina Metzger); IMO - International Maritime Organization (Helmut Volger); Independent Commissions, Reports of (Heike Henn); Addendum (Thomas Fues); INSTRAW - International Research and Training Institute for the; Advancement of Women (Andreas Blatte); Addendum (Irene Weinz); International Economic Relations and New International Economic Order; (NIEO) (Mir A. Ferdowsi); Addendum (Thomas Fues); International Law and the UN (Martina Haedrich); International Organizations, Theory of (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Frohlich); Internet, Websites of the UN System in the (Peter M. Schulze /; Helmut Volger); Intervention, Prohibition of (Isabelle Reinery); Addendum (Markus Pallek); ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon); ITU - International Telecommunication Union (Helmut Volger); Languages (Ruprecht Paque); Languages, Official (Ruprecht Paque); Languages, Working (Ruprecht Paque); Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon); League of Nations (Jost Dulffer); Membership and Representation of States (Stefan Talmon); Minorities, Protection of (Ekkehard Strauss); NGOs - Non-Governmental Organizations (Peter M. Schulze /; Helmut Volger); Non-Aligned Movement and the UN (Wolfgang Sprote); Addendum (Sally Morphet); North-South Relations and the UN (Joachim Betz); Observers (Erwin A. Schmidl); Observer Status (Anne-Kathrin Dippel); Peace, Peace Concept, Threat to Peace (Karlheinz Koppe); Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (Norbert Ropers); Addendum (Daniela Korppen); Peacekeeping (Brian Urquhart); Peacekeeping Forces (Manfred Eisele); Peacekeeping Operations (Erwin A. Schmidl); Permanent Missions (Andrea Roth); Personnel (Dieter Gothel); Preventive Diplomacy (Norbert Ropers); Addendum (Daniela Korppen); Principal Organs, Subsidiary Organs, Treaty Bodies (Helmut Volger); Public Information of the UN (Axel Wustenhagen); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Public Opinion and the UN (Reinhard Wesel); Publications (Ramona Kohrs); Reform of the UN (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Frohlich); Regional Groups in the UN (Ingo Winkelmann); Regionalization (Birgit Reichenstein); Addendum (Irene Weinz); Research about the UN (Gunther Unser); Resolution, Declaration, Decision (Bardo Fassbender); Rules of Procedure (General Assembly, Security Council); (Bardo Fassbender); Sanctions (Manfred Kulessa); Secretariat (Helmut Volger); Secretary-General (Helmut Volger); Security Council (Ingo Winkelmann); Self-Determination, Right of (Hans-Joachim Heintze); Sovereignty (Bardo Fassbender); Space Law (Hans-Joachim Heintze); Specialized Agencies (Klaus Hu Convention against Torture and Other; Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and; Political Rights (Eckart Klein); Human Rights Conventions, CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of; All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; (Hanna Beate Schopp-Schilling); Human Rights Convention, CERD - International Convention on the; Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CESCR - International Covenant on; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Eckart Klein); Human Rights Conventions, Convention on the Prevention and; Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child; (Joachim Betz); Human Rights Council (Helmut Volger); Humanitarian Assistance (Gita Swamy Meier-Ewert); Humanitarian Law, International (Hans-Joachim Heintze); IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (Marc Schattenmann); Addendum (Helmut Volger); ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization (Helmut Volger); ICC - International Criminal Court (Sabine von Schorlemer); ICJ - International Court of Justice (Karin Oellers-Frahm); Addendum (Karin Oellers-Frahm); ILC - International Law Commission (Bruno Simma); ILO - International Labour Organization (Christian Jetzlsperger); IMF - International Monetary Fund (Martina Metzger); IMO - International Maritime Organization (Helmut Volger); Independent Commissions, Reports of (Heike Henn); Addendum (Thomas Fues); INSTRAW - International Research and Training Institute for the; Advancement of Women (Andreas Blatte); Addendum (Irene Weinz); International Economic Relations and New International Economic Order; (NIEO) (Mir A. Ferdowsi); Addendum (Thomas Fues); International Law and the UN (Martina Haedrich); International Organizations, Theory of (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Frohlich); Internet, Websites of the UN System in the (Peter M. Schulze /; Helmut Volger); Intervention, Prohibition of (Isabelle Reinery); Addendum (Markus Pallek); ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon); ITU - International Telecommunication Union (Helmut Volger); Languages (Ruprecht Paque); Languages, Official (Ruprecht Paque); Languages, Working (Ruprecht Paque); Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon); League of Nations (Jost Dulffer); Membership and Representation of States (Stefan Talmon); Minorities, Protection of (Ekkehard Strauss); NGOs - Non-Governmental Organizations (Peter M. Schulze /; Helmut Volger); Non-Aligned Movement and the UN (Wolfgang Sprote); Addendum (Sally Morphet); North-South Relations and the UN (Joachim Betz); Observers (Erwin A. Schmidl); Observer Status (Anne-Kathrin Dippel); Peace, Peace Concept, Threat to Peace (Karlheinz Koppe); Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (Norbert Ropers); Addendum (Daniela Korppen); Peacekeeping (Brian Urquhart); Peacekeeping Forces (Manfred Eisele); Peacekeeping Operations (Erwin A. Schmidl); Permanent Missions (Andrea Roth); Personnel (Dieter Gothel); Preventive Diplomacy (Norbert Ropers); Addendum (Daniela Korppen); Principal Organs, Subsidiary Organs, Treaty Bodies (Helmut Volger); Public Information of the UN (Axel Wustenhagen); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Public Opinion and the UN (Reinhard Wesel); Publications (Ramona Kohrs); Reform of the UN (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Frohlich); Regional Groups in the UN (Ingo Winkelmann); Regionalization (Birgit Reichenstein); Addendum (Irene Weinz); Research about the UN (Gunther Unser); Resolution, Declaration, Decision (Bardo Fassbender); Rules of Procedure (General Assembly, Security Council); (Bardo Fassbender); Sanctions (Manfred Kulessa); Secretariat (Helmut Volger); Secretary-General (Helmut Volger); Security Council (Ingo Winkelmann); Self-Determination, Right of (Hans-Joachim Heintze); Sovereignty (Bardo Fassbender); Space Law (Hans-Joachim Heintze); Specialized Agencies (Klaus Hu Convention against Torture and Other; Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and; Political Rights (Eckart Klein); Human Rights Conventions, CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of; All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; (Hanna Beate Schopp-Schilling); Human Rights Convention, CERD - International Convention on the; Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CESCR - International Covenant on; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Eckart Klein); Human Rights Conventions, Convention on the Prevention and; Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Martina Haedrich); Human Rights Conventions, CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child; (Joachim Betz); Human Rights Council (Helmut Volger); Humanitarian Assistance (Gita Swamy Meier-Ewert); Humanitarian Law, International (Hans-Joachim Heintze); IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (Marc Schattenmann); Addendum (Helmut Volger); ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization (Helmut Volger); ICC - International Criminal Court (Sabine von Schorlemer); ICJ - International Court of Justice (Karin Oellers-Frahm); Addendum (Karin Oellers-Frahm); ILC - International Law Commission (Bruno Simma); ILO - International Labour Organization (Christian Jetzlsperger); IMF - International Monetary Fund (Martina Metzger); IMO - International Maritime Organization (Helmut Volger); Independent Commissions, Reports of (Heike Henn); Addendum (Thomas Fues); INSTRAW - International Research and Training Institute for the; Advancement of Women (Andreas Blatte); Addendum (Irene Weinz); International Economic Relations and New International Economic Order; (NIEO) (Mir A. Ferdowsi); Addendum (Thomas Fues); International Law and the UN (Martina Haedrich); International Organizations, Theory of (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Frohlich); Internet, Websites of the UN System in the (Peter M. Schulze /; Helmut Volger); Intervention, Prohibition of (Isabelle Reinery); Addendum (Markus Pallek); ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon); ITU - International Telecommunication Union (Helmut Volger); Languages (Ruprecht Paque); Languages, Official (Ruprecht Paque); Languages, Working (Ruprecht Paque); Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon); League of Nations (Jost Dulffer); Membership and Representation of States (Stefan Talmon); Minorities, Protection of (Ekkehard Strauss); NGOs - Non-Governmental Organizations (Peter M. Schulze /; Helmut Volger); Non-Aligned Movement and the UN (Wolfgang Sprote); Addendum (Sally Morphet); North-South Relations and the UN (Joachim Betz); Observers (Erwin A. Schmidl); Observer Status (Anne-Kathrin Dippel); Peace, Peace Concept, Threat to Peace (Karlheinz Koppe); Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (Norbert Ropers); Addendum (Daniela Korppen); Peacekeeping (Brian Urquhart); Peacekeeping Forces (Manfred Eisele); Peacekeeping Operations (Erwin A. Schmidl); Permanent Missions (Andrea Roth); Personnel (Dieter Gothel); Preventive Diplomacy (Norbert Ropers); Addendum (Daniela Korppen); Principal Organs, Subsidiary Organs, Treaty Bodies (Helmut Volger); Public Information of the UN (Axel Wustenhagen); Addendum (Helmut Volger); Public Opinion and the UN (Reinhard Wesel); Publications (Ramona Kohrs); Reform of the UN (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Frohlich); Regional Groups in the UN (Ingo Winkelmann); Regionalization (Birgit Reichenstein); Addendum (Irene Weinz); Research about the UN (Gunther Unser); Resolution, Declaration, Decision (Bardo Fassbender); Rules of Procedure (General Assembly, Security Council); (Bardo Fassbender); Sanctions (Manfred Kulessa); Secretariat (Helmut Volger); Secretary-General (Helmut Volger); Security Council (Ingo Winkelmann); Self-Determination, Right of (Hans-Joachim Heintze); Sovereignty (Bardo Fassbender); Space Law (Hans-Joachim Heintze); Specialized Agencies (Klaus Hufner); Stamps (Ruprecht Paque); Terminology (Ruprecht Paque); Trade, International Law of (Jorn Axel Kammerer); Treaties, Law of (Brigitte Reschke); Trusteeship Council (Helmut Volger); UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law; (Patrick Oliver Ott); Addendum (Felix Boor); UNCIVPOL - United Nations Civilian Police (Erwin A. Schmidl); UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; (Mir A. Ferdowsi); Addendum (Thomas Fues); UNDP - United Nations Development Programme; (Stephan Klingebiel / Marius Hildebrand); UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme (Jurgen Maier); UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural; Organization (Klaus Hufner); UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund (Manfred Kulessa); UN Guards (Erwin A. Schmidl); UN-HABITAT (Helmut Volger); UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; (Athar Sultan-Khan); UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund (Jana Mittermaier); Addendum (Helmut Volger); UNIDIR - United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research; (Sverre Lodgaard); UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization; (Manfred Kulessa); UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women; (Andreas Blatte); Addendum (Sabrina Neutz); UN in Bonn (Helmut Volger); UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research; (Marina Walter / Daniela Bottigelli); Uniting for Peace Resolution (Helmut Volger); Universality (Bardo Fassbender); UN Office Geneva (Hans J. Lassen / Egbert C. Kaltenbach); UN Office Nairobi (Helmut Volger); UN Office New York (Helmut Volger); UN Office Vienna (Helmut Volger); UN Policy, China (Oskar Weggel); UN Policy, France (Ursula Stiel); Addendum (Therese Gastaut); UN Policy, German Democratic Republic (Bernhard Neugebauer); Addendum (Bernhard Neugebauer); UN Policy, Germany (Hans Arnold); Addendum (Helmut Volger); UN Policy, Japan (Gunther Unser); Addendum (Gunther Unser); UN Policy, Russian Federation (Gunther Unser); UN Policy, United Kingdom (Alexander Theodoridis / Gregor Kolk); Addendum (Jochen Prantl); UN Policy, USA (Frank Zitka); Addendum (Jochen Prantl); UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine; Refugees in the Near East (Hans Peter Kotthaus); Addendum (Denise Junker); UN Simulations, Model United Nations (Reinhard Wesel); UN System (Klaus Hufner); UNTS - United Nations Treaty Series (Claudia Shirin Weisser /; Sherry Holbrook); UNU - United Nations University (Klaus Hufner); UNV - United Nations Volunteers (Manfred Kulessa); UNWTO - World Tourism Organization (Helmut Volger); UPU - Universal Postal Union (Helmut Volger); Use of Force, Prohibition of (Brigitte Reschke); Veto, Right of Veto (Volker Lowe); Addendum (Christian J. Tams); Voting Right and Decision-Making Procedures (Bardo Fassbender); WFC - World Food Council (Barbara Hofner); Addendum (Friederike Hoffmann); WFP - World Food Programme (Barbara Hofner); Addendum (Friederike Hoffmann); WFUNA - World Federation of United Nations Associations; (Klaus Hufner); WHO - World Health Organization (Wilfried Kreisel); WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization (Helmut Volger); WMO - World Meteorological Organization (Helmut Volger); Women and the UN (Sonja Wolte); World Bank (IBRD), World Bank Group (IFC/IDA/MIGA/ICSD); (Martina Metzger); World Conferences (Franz Nuscheler); World Reports (Helmut Volger); WTO - World Trade Organization, GATT - General Agreement on; Tariffs and Trade (Peter Tobias Stoll); Charter of the United Nations; List of the Member States of the United Nations; Information Facilities of the United Nations; UN Documentation System; Contributing Authors; Index