The Oxford Handbook on Tne United Nations

Foreword; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. World Politics: Continuity and Change since 1945; PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; 2. Political Approaches; 3. Legal Perspectives; 4. Evolution in Knowledge; PART III: PRINCIPAL ORGANS; 5. General Assembly; 6. Security Council; 7. Economic and Social Council; 8. Trusteeship Council; 9. Secretariat: Independence and Reform; 10. Secretary-General; 11. International Court of Justice; PART IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ACTORS; 12. Regional Groups and Alliances; 13. Bretton Woods Institutions; 14. Civil Society; 15. Private Sector; 16. Media; PART V: INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; 17. Disarmament; 18. Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Conflict Prevention; 19. Peacekeeping Operations; 20. Sanctions; 21. Peace Enforcement; 22. Humanitarian Intervention; 23. Post-Conflict Peacebuilding; 24. Terrorism; PART VI: HUMAN RIGHTS; 25. Norms and Machinery; 26. International Criminal Court and Ad Hoc Tribunals; 27. Humanitarian Action and Coordination; 28. Women and Gender; 29. Children; 30. Minorities and Indigenous Peoples; 31. Human Security; PART VII: DEVELOPMENT; 32. Coordinating Economic and Social Affairs; 33. Health and Infectious Disease; 34. Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development; 35. Organized Crime; 36. Democracy and Good Governance; 37. Human Development; PART VIII: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM; 38. Principal Organs; 39. Financing; 40. Widening Participation; Suggested Further Reading; The UN System; Charter of the United Nations; Statute of the International Court of Justice; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Subject Index; Name Index