Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Foreword / Boutros Boutros-Ghali -- About the Special Edition of the Yearbook -- Abbreviations Used in the Special Edition -- An organization for the postwar world -- Chapter I The evolving UN agenda: making and keeping peace -- Chapter II The disarmament quest -- Chapter I Judicial settlement of international disputes -- Chapter II Development and codification of international law -- Chapter I International trusteeship and decolonization -- Chapter II Dismantling the colonial system -- Chapter I Humanitarian challenges -- Chapter II International economic development and cooperation -- Chapter III The expanding social agenda -- Chapter IV Intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations -- Chapter I Human rights -- Chapter II Human rights gain prominence -- Future perspectives: towards a human agenda -- Who’s Who in the United Nations at the time of its founding -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

' Through a combination of narrative and key historical documents, this Special Edition of the Yearbook offers a picture of the United Nations' extraordinary achievements over the past fifty years ', observes Secretary-General of the UN, Dr Boutros Boutros-Ghali in his Foreword to the book. Fully indexed, this Special Edition of the Yearbook recounts the early initiatives that led to the adoption of the Charter of the UN on 25 June 1945 at San Francisco. It captures the major issues and more, and highlights the lasting milestones of the 50 years of UN history, projecting the imperatives of the organization into the next century.

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