UNO : A Study in Essentials

Contents: Introduction: need and nature of international organization. 1. Emergence of international organization. 2. The league of nations. 3. The UN as a political system. 4. Main organs of the UN. 5. UN as a guarantor of international peace. 6. UN: Social and economic concerns. 7. Issues affecting the UN. 8. UN: an appraisal and a projection. Notes and references. Appendices. Select readings. Index.

"The UN occupies the centre-state of international society today. More than fifty years of its eventful extistence makes an interesting track record. Despite some weaknesses, it has proved itself indispensable. Given the necessary will of its members, it has every potential to make the world a better place to live in.

The present study introduces the reader to the essentials of this very vital institutions. Using latest available information, it analyses the performances so far and the current problems of the UN. A projection of its regeneration is also attempted.

Students and teachers, jurists and journalists, foreign service aspirants and, of course, the enlightened public should find the work useful." (jacket)