Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization / Javier Pérez de Cuéllar -- Chapter I International peace and security -- Chapter II Disarmament -- Chapter III Peaceful uses of outer space -- Chapter IV Other political questions -- Chapter I Africa -- Chapter II Americas -- Chapter III Asia and the Pacific -- Chapter IV Middle East -- Chapter V Regional economic and social activities -- Chapter I Development policy and international economic co-operation -- Chapter II Operational activities for development -- Chapter III Economic assistance, disasters and emergency relief -- Chapter IV International trade, finance and transport -- Chapter V Transnational corporations -- Chapter VI Natural resources, energy and cartography -- Chapter VII Science and technology -- Chapter VIII Environment -- Chapter IX Population and human settlements -- Chapter X Human rights -- Chapter XI Health, food and nutrition -- Chapter XII Social and cultural development, crime prevention and human resources -- Chapter XIII Women -- Chapter XIV Children, youth and aging persons -- Chapter XV Refugees and displaced persons -- Chapter XVI International drug control -- Chapter XVII Statistics -- Chapter XVIII Institutional arrangements -- Chapter I Questions related to decolonization -- Chapter II International Trusteeship System -- Chapter III Namibia -- Chapter I International Court of Justice -- Chapter II Legal aspects of international relations -- Chapter III Law of the sea -- Chapter IV Other legal questions -- Chapter I United Nations financing and programming -- Chapter II United Nations staff -- Chapter III Other administrative and management questions -- Chapter I International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- Chapter II International Labour Organisation (ILO) -- Chapter III Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -- Chapter IV United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) -- Chapter V World Health Organization (WHO) -- Chapter VI International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) -- Chapter VII International Finance Corporation (IFC) -- Chapter VIII International Development Association (IDA) -- Chapter IX International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- Chapter X International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) -- Chapter XI universal postal union (UPU) -- Chapter XII International Telecommunication Union (ITU) -- Chapter XIII World Meteorological Organization (WMO) -- Chapter XIV International Maritime Organization (IMO) -- Chapter XV World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -- Chapter XVI International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- Chapter XVII United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) -- Chapter XVIII Interim Commission for the International Trade Organization (ICITO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) -- Back Matter.

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