000			03879nam a22005058i 4500
001			BRILL9789004636934
003			nllekb
005			20260610105827.0
007			cr un uuuua
008			231017s1997 gw sb 001 0 eng d
020			_a9789004636934 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9789041103376 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789004636934 _2DOI
035			_z(OCoLC)36074348
040			_aNL-LeKB _cNL-LeKB _erda
041			_aeng
050		4	_aJZ4984.5
072		7	_aLAW _x051000 _2bisacsh
072		7	_aLAW _x075000 _2bisacsh
072		7	_aLBB _2bicssc
082	0	4	_a341.23 _223
100	1		_aBertrand, Maurice, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe United Nations : _bPast, Present and Future / _cMaurice Bertrand.
246	3		_aPast, Present and Future
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill | Nijhoff, _c1997.
264		4	_c©1997
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aInternational Law - Book Archive pre-2000
490	1		_aNijhoff Law Specials ; _v25
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_tPreliminary Material / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Table of Boxes / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Introduction / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Chapter I The Development of World Organisation / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Chapter II The UN and Problems of Security During the Cold War – 1945-1985 / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Chapter III The UN – Economic and Social / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Chapter IV The UN and Security Since the End of the Cold War / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Chapter V The UN – Reform or Reconstruction / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Select Bibliography / _rMaurice Bertrand -- Index / _rMaurice Bertrand.
520			_aThe United Nations is no more than a very modest element in the whole complex body of institutions which form the structure of international relations. It may thus appear surprising that this organization should have been, and can still be, the object of such enthusiasm and such hate - of such admiration and such derision - and that the most contradictory opinions should daily be expressed on what it does, on its operation and its effectiveness, and on the steps which should be taken for its reform. It is impossible to understand this paradoxical situation without analyzing the interrelationships between ideas about peace - which were false since the beginning of the League of Nations, the manner in which these ideas have come to be embodied in a structure which prevented the institution from becoming a useful instrument of negotiation, and the accelerating rate of political change in the world, all of which make some suggest that the UN is becoming more and more irrelevant. Today, the UN touches on everything, but does not in any way give a response to the dream of peace which it was supposed to realize. Through a thorough analysis of the role of the League of Nations and of the UN in the field of security, an evaluation of their rare successes and their numerous failures, and a complete review of the activities of the organisation in the economic and social fields, Maurice Bertrand shows that there is a need today for a radical reform of the whole complex of global organizations. This work is a translated and updated edition of L'ONU, published by Editions la Découverte.
546			_aEnglish
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aInternational cooperation.
650		0	_aInternational security.
650		0	_aReforms.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tThe United Nations : Past, Present and Future. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 1997. _z9789041103376 _w(DLC) 96038074
830		0	_aInternational Law - Book Archive pre-2000.
830		0	_aNijhoff Law Specials ; _v25.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004636934
999			_c49258 _d49258