50 Years of United Nations and World Affairs (10 Volumes-Set)

Contents: Volume I: UN: A Chronological Presentation: Preface. 1. Fifty years of United Nations. 2. United Nations system. 3. United Nations and World Affairs. 4. Restructuring, reforming, reorganising the UN system. 5. Towards better global Governance.

Volume II: UN: A National Perspective: Preface. 1. Major conflicts around the world, preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution. 2. Foundations of global peace and human rights: the UN perspective. 3. UN intervention and peace enforcement. 4. Peace-making and peace-keeping : a regional focus. 5. Peace-keeping : a national perspective.

Volume III: UN: The Peace Initiatives: Preface. 1. Peace initiatives and UN. 2. UN peace and disarmament agenda. 3. UN social and political agenda. 4. UN and human rights agenda. 5. UN and world peace.

Volume IV: UN: Redefining Development Goals: Preface. 1. Global development goals and UN. 2. Internation trade and economic goals. 3. Achieving social and cultural goals. 4. Towards restoring environment and poverty. 5. Redefining development and global Governance.

Volume V: UN: Insuring Human Rights: Preface. 1. Foundation of human rights and human duties. 2. World conference on human rights. 3. Other instruments of human rights. 4. Major human rights issues and United Nations: a. Women. b. Racism and discrimination. c. Apartheid. d. Self determination. e. Refugees, stateless and vulnerable people. f. Human rights in armed conflict.

Volume VI: UN: Peace-Keeping Roles: Preface. 1. UN and peace-keeping. 2. UN, intervention and the world. 3. Contributions to peace-keeping operations by country. 4. UN's preventive diplomacy. 5. UN's post-cold war future in peace-keeping.

Volume VII: UN: Reform and Reorganisation: Preface. 1. Need for reform in the UN system. 2. Organisational structure and reorganisation at UN. 3. UN reforms and global challenges. 4. Strengthening the UN machinery. 5. Future reforms and recommendations.

Volume VIII: UN: The Disarmament Efforts: Preface. 1. UN's quest for disarmament. 2. Disarmament : approaches and institutions. 3. UN and conventional weapons. 4. UN and armament of outer space. 5. UN and nuclear weapons. 6. UN and weapons of mass destruction.

Volume IX: UN: Towards Creating New World Order: Preface. 1. UN and world order. 2. UN, international peace and security. 3. UN: towards a just world. 4. UN: towards new social and economic order. 5. UN: towards new world order.

Volume X: UN: Facing Global Challenges: Preface. 1. Challenges to the world and UN. 2. Facing the global problems. 3. Successes and failures. 4. Developing a new perspective. 5. The challenges ahead and UN.

"UN has come a long way in facilitating global governance since its inception on June 26, 1945 as the international body. And in present world order UN has made itself indispensable. 50 years of its longevity and survival have attracted enormous global attention. An assessment of the evolved structure and function of this international organization would be very timely, so as to suggest possible reforms in near future, probably a reorganization of this institution for increasing its future credibility and role towards creating a new world order by the 21st century.

"No doubt UN is the reflection of the world it represents. This international series would help create not only a global awareness about United Nations and its agencies, it would also provide the reader with a realistic evaluation of its performance during last 50 years.

[P.C. Sinha is a Senior Research Fellow at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.]