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Human Security And The Un - A Critical History

by S. Neil Macfarlane e Yuen Foong Khong

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 How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role of the United Nations in "securing" the individual? What are the payoffs and costs of this extension of the concept? This book tackles these questions by analyzing historical and contemporary debates about what is to be secured.
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Un Voices - The Struggle For Development And Social Justice

by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, Tatiana Carayannis e Thomas Weiss

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 Presents the human and moving stories of a group of individuals who contributed to the economic and social record of the UN's life and activities. Drawing from interviews, this book presents in their own words the experiences of 73 individuals from around the globe who have spent much of their professional lives engaged in United Nations affairs.
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Reasonable Radicals And Citizenship In Botswana - The Public Anthropology Of Kalanga Elites

by Richard Werbner

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 Are self-interested elites the curse of liberal democracy in Africa? Is there hope against the politics of the belly, kleptocracies, vampire states, failed states, and Afro-pessimism? This work provides a refreshing alternative to those who envision no future for Africa beyond persistent agony and lack of development.
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Quantifying The World - Un Ideas And Statistics

by Michael Ward

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 The UN's role in the development of international statistics.
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Unity And Diversity In Development Ideas - Perspectives From The Un Regional Commissions

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 Surveys the history of the UN's regional commissions and the ideas they have developed over the years. This book contains essays on the five regional commissions - Europe, Asia and the Far East, Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia - and shows how they have approached their mission of assessing the condition of regional economies.
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Human Rights At The Un - The Political History Of Universal Justice

by Roger Normand e Sarah Zaidi

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 Provides a political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that moulded the international system of human rights law.
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Un Ideas That Changed The World

by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly e Thomas G. Weiss

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 Assesses the development and implementation of UN ideas regarding sustainable economic development and human security, and also applies lessons learned to suggest ways in which the United Nations can play a fuller role in confronting the challenges of human survival with dignity in the 21st century.

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