TY - BOOK AU - Krasno,Jean E. TI - The United Nations: confronting the challenges of a global society SN - 8130900750 U1 - 341.23 PY - 2005/// CY - New Delhi, India PB - Viva Books KW - United Nations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-408) and index; Part 1 Out of the Ashes of War : 1. The UN landscape : an overview, Jean E. Krasno - 2. Founding the United nations : an evolutionary process, Jean E. Krasno - 3. The United Nations and the formation of global norms, Joe Sills -- Part 2 Engaging Human needs on a Global Scale : 4. Human rights: a global common interest, Charles Norchi - 5. Free and fair elections : letting the people decide, Robin Ludwig - 6. Agent of change? The United Nations and development, Jacques Fomerand - 7. Disarmament : successes and failures, Derek Boothby - 8. To end the courge of war : the story of UN peacekeeping, Jean E. Krasno -- Part 3 Processes of Global Burden Sharing : 9. Financing the United Nations, Jeffrey Laurenti - 10. Informal groups of member states, Jochen Prantl, and Jean E. Krasno - 11. Reforming the United Nations : lessons from a history in progress, Edward C. Luck ER -