Photographs and illustrations are indicated by page numbers in italic. Tables are indicated by a “t” following the page number.
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 246
Afghanistan, 135, 136, 148, 180, 183, 216, 232
African Union, 120, 128–29, 131, 167, 169
African Union–UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), 131, 181
Agenda 21 plan, 223
Akram, Munir: on ECOSOC, 172
on General Assembly, 89–91
on reform, 238
on Security Council, 73–75, 77
on terrorism, 135–37, 139, 149, 151
Albright, Madeleine, 42
as ambassador, 49
on diplomacy, 52
on reform, 239
on UN Village, 99
on value of UN, 11–12, 14–15, 61
Al-Nusra Front, 65
American ambassador, 46–54
Amos, Valerie, 33, 176–79, 179
Annan, Kofi, 13, 23, 26, 27, 29, 67, 102
administrative reforms of, 30–32, 178, 237, 239
on civil society, 174
and human rights, 167–68
and MDGs, 189
on nuclear weapons, 146
personality and style of, 35, 109–10
Annual Ministerial Review (AMR), 172–73
Arab Group, 232
Arbour, Louise, 165
Argentina, 77
Arms Trade Treaty, 152
Asian Group, 232
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 41, 232–33
Astor, Brooke, 110
Aung San Suu Kyi, 160
Austin, Warren R., 49
Australia, 232
Ayala-Lasso, José, 165
Bainimarama, Josaia V., 190
Ball, George W., 49
Ban Ki-moon, 24, 29, 37, 48, 80, 109, 166, 198
administrative reforms of, 30, 36–37, 75, 236, 241, 241
administrative team of, 32, 33, 34
agenda of, 35–39
and climate change, 220–21, 222, 224–25, 226
and development, 188, 200, 205
and drug control, 217
and global politics, 40, 43–45
life of, 25
and peace operations, 115, 130, 130, 131
personality and style of, 35–36, 109
on politics and diplomacy, 23, 82, 186
and R2P, 170
on sanctions, 65
selection of, 25–27
on terrorism, 139
on workings of UN, 11
al-Bashir, Hassan, 158
Beckett, Margaret, 74
Belarus, 105
Bern Treaty (1874), 210
Bloomberg, Michael, 226
Bokova, Irina, 213
Bolton, John: as ambassador, 49, 51, 70, 100
on Ban Ki-moon, 36
on General Assembly, 91
on human rights, 161–62
on nature of UN, 5
on peace operations, 123–24, 129
on Security Council, 62
on terrorism, 139
Bosnia, 127
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 26, 30, 178
Brahimi report, 118
Brazil, 41, 75, 77, 78, 169, 232
Bretton Woods Institutions, 171–72
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), 41
Brimmer, Esther: on ECOSOC, 173
on human rights, 154–56, 158–59, 164
on reform, 240
on US-UN relations, 13–14
on workings of UN, 106
Britain, and Palestine, 91–92, 114
budgeting, 239–53
process for, 245–48
reform of, 239–43
revenue sources for, 244–46, 248–52, 249t
UN Charter on, 252
Burleigh, Peter, 49
Burnham, Christopher, 240
Bush, George W., 5, 12, 48, 50, 56, 64, 158, 233, 248
capacity building, 194–95
Cardi, Sebastiano, 77
Central African Republic, 119–20, 168
Centre for International Crime Prevention, 218
Charter of the African Union, 167
chemical weapons, 142
Chemical Weapons Convention, 142
Chicago Convention, 211
children: child labor, 206
UNICEF, 4, 6, 14, 35, 180–82, 186
China: and climate change, 223–26
financial contributions to UN from, 250
and global politics, 40
and Nonaligned Movement, 89
and peace operations, 114
and R2P, 169–70
as Security Council member, ix, 18, 57, 59, 62–65, 67, 72, 76
voting record of, 232
Churkin, Vitaly I., 63, 99, 179
civil wars, 115
climate change, 72, 200, 220–28
protections against, 226–28
responses to, 223–26
science of, 221–23
UN actors concerned with, 228
Clinton, Bill, 5, 12, 48, 52, 96, 158
Clinton, Hillary, 107
Clooney, George, 35
Colombia, 77
Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 215–16, 218
Committee for Program and Coordination, 247
Committee of Ten (C10), 76–77
committees of the General Assembly, 84–86
Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status (CONGO), 175
conferences, 93–94
Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 216
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 86
Convention on International Civil Aviation, 211
Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 216
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 151–52
Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, 213–14
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 87
Convention on the Rights of the Child, 86, 87, 155, 182
Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 86–87
Costa Rica, 77
Côte d’Ivoire, 168
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), 136–37
Cousin, Ertharin, 180
Credentials Committee, 85
crime, 215–17
crises, 176–84
Darfur, Sudan, 35–36, 130–31, 158, 168, 181, 184
decolonization, 91–92
Delegates’
Dining Room, 108
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 12, 76, 111, 119–20, 122, 125, 158, 180
Department of Field Support (DFS), 113, 122
Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA), 178
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), 111–13, 121–22
Department of Political Affairs (DPA), 125–26
deputy secretary-general, 31–33
development, 188–207
changing landscape for, 196–99
Millennium Development Goals, 189–91, 199–205
UN actors concerned with, 205–7
UNDP and, 191–96
women and, 190, 195–96. See also sustainable development
Development Cooperation Forum, 173
diplomacy: characteristics of effective, 261–62
food and, 108
and formality/informality, 97, 106–8
and interpersonal relations, 97, 105, 108
permanent representatives and, 46–54
preventive, 124
in UN Village, 96–98
disaster aid, 176–83
Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), 7, 206
DPKO. See Department of Peacekeeping Operations
DRC. See Democratic Republic of the Congo
drug trafficking, 215–17
Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), 94, 223
Earth Summit+5, 223
Eastern Europe Group, 232
Eckhard, Frederic (Fred), 103, 110
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), 4, 6, 173
and drug control, 215–16
and NGOs, 174–75
role and authority of, 7, 171–73
and UNHCR, 186
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), 119–20
“eight important votes,” 232, 233t
ElBaradei, Mohamed, 14, 144, 151
Eliasson, Jan, 198
on climate change, 220
on crisis and recovery, 178, 183, 184, 186
on development, 200
on global politics, 43–44
on peace operations, 126
on Secretariat, 30–31
Secretariat duties of, 32–33
on women’s empowerment, 195
“emerging nations,” 234
Equatorial Guinea, 76
Eritrea, 128
Ethiopia, 128
Feller, Stefan, 121
food, 108
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 205
France: and global politics, 41, 42
as Security Council member, 18, 57, 61
and terrorism, 149
Fréchette, Louise, 32
functional commissions, 7
“funds and programmes,” 4, 6–7
G4, 77
G7, 42
G8, 42
G20, 41
Gaddafi, Muammar, 63, 138, 168–70
Gaer, Felice, 154
Gaza, 162
gender. See women
agenda of, 83–84
ceremonies and procedures of, 82–84
and children’s rights, 182
committees of, 84–86
conferences hosted by, 93–94
and crisis management, 178
and decolonization, 91–92
and MDGs, 189–91
and peace operations, 123
politics and workings of, 84, 88–91, 98–99
role and authority of, 6, 7, 72–73, 79–81, 83
secretary-general in relation to, 238–39
secretary-general selection, 26–27
Security Council in relation to, 72–73, 88, 90
and Security Council structure, 76, 78
and security issues, 72–73
special sessions of, 80–81
and treaties, 86–88
and UNHCR, 186
voting records in, 229–33
and women’s empowerment, 207
General Committee, of General Assembly, 85
Germany: and global politics, 41, 42
and R2P, 169
as Security Council member, 77
voting record of, 232
Gettu, Tegegnework, 33
Gildersleeve, Virginia, 19
crime and drug trafficking, 215–17
North-South divide, 234
UN actors concerned with, 209–15, 218–19
global landscape and politics, 40–45
chief players in, 41–42
information revolution and, 42
North-South divide, 74, 162–63
power in, 41–44
global warming. See climate change
Goldberg, Arthur J., 49
Goodwill Ambassadors, 35
Gore, Albert (Al), Jr., 14, 72, 222
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 240
Gowan, Richard: on climate change, 223
on peace operations, 124, 126–27
on Security Council, 66
on value of UN, 12
Group of Four (G4), 77
Group of 77 (G-77), 78, 88–92, 238, 250
Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20), 41
Guéhenno, Jean-Marie, 122
Guinea, 126
Gulf War, 52
Habitat, 206
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 14, 26, 27, 28
Holbrooke, Richard, 48
on General Assembly, 90
on nature of UN, 5
on reform, 237
on secretary-general, 27
on Security Council, 61
Human Development Index (HDI), 192, 193t
Human Development Report, 191–92
human rights, 153–70
emerging body of law on, 154–55
expanded definition of, 188
importance of, in UN, 153–54, 156, 188
international courts concerned with, 156–59
and R2P, 166–70
security in relation to, 155–56
treaties concerning, 155
UN bodies concerned with, 159–65
UNDP and, 192. See also Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Hussein, Bishar A., 210
Hussein, Saddam, 52, 56, 64, 66–67
India: and global politics, 41
and Nonaligned Movement, 88–89
and nuclear weapons, 143
and peace operations, 113, 122
and R2P, 169
as Security Council member, 75, 77–78
information revolution, 42
intellectual property, 214–15
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 14
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 7, 14, 144, 147–48, 151
International Bill of Human Rights, 22, 154
International Children’s Emergency Fund, 181
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 4, 211–12, 218
International Commission on State Sovereignty, 167
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 214
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 214
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 136
International Court of Justice (ICJ), 4, 6, 80, 156–57
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 22, 153
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 22, 153
International Criminal Court (ICC), 157–59, 169
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 7
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 230
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 205
International Labour Organization (ILO), 14, 205–6
International Law Commission, 154
International Maritime Academy, 218
International Maritime Law Institute, 218
International Maritime Organization (IMO), 214, 218
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 4, 6, 172, 212, 218
International Narcotics Control Board, 216
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), 7, 206
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 7, 209–10, 218
International Trademark System, 215
Iran: and human rights, 160, 165
and nuclear weapons, 53, 147–48
Islamic State in Syria (ISIS), 65
Israel, 92, 114–15, 143, 160, 162–64, 178
Ja’afari, Bashar, 179
Japan: financial contributions to UN from, 248–50
and peace operations, 114
as Security Council member, 60, 75–77
Johnson, Herschel V., 49
Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, 187
Keating, Colin, 68
Kennedy, John F., 25
Kenya, 76
Khalilzad, Zalmay: as ambassador, 49, 51
on budgeting, 244
on peace operations, 129–30
on value of UN, 12
Khrushchev, Nikita, 261
Kim Jong-il, 69–70
Kim Jong-un, 70
Kirkpatrick, Jeane J., 49
Koenders, Bert, 74
Koroma, Ernest Bai, 130
Kosovo, 12
Kubis, Ján, 74
Kyrgyzstan, 127
L69 group, 77
Ladsous, Hervé, 33
Lake, Anthony, 129
Latin America and Caribbean Group, 232
Laurenti, Jeffrey: on countries’ voting records, 234
on diplomacy, 46
on human rights, 162
on nature of UN, 5–6
on politics and diplomacy, 84, 106
on Security Council, 61
on UN Charter, 18
Lavrov, Sergey V., 107
League of Nations, 2, 19, 20, 91
Libya: civil war in, 115
Security Council on, 53, 63–64, 78, 148
and UN politics/diplomacy, 76
Linkevičius, Linas Antanas, 166
literacy, 195–96
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 49
Luck, Edward, 36, 56–57, 168, 236
luxury goods, sanctions on, 69
Ma, Yo-Yo, 35
Macedonia, 105
Main Committees, of General Assembly, 85–86
Mali, 111, 128, 149, 178, 183, 184
on development, 196–97
on global politics, 44
on R2P, 169–70
on secretary-general, 27
on Security Council, 63–65
on UNDP budget, 247–48
on US-UN relations, 13
Malone, David, 96
on development, 197
on General Assembly, 83
on peace operations, 132
on Secretariat, 31
on Security Council, 61–62
on treaties, 86
Malta, 77
McHenry, Donald, 49
MDGs. See Millennium Development Goals
Mehta, Hansa, 20
Melrose, Joseph, 47, 97, 108, 261–66
Messengers of Peace, 34–35
Migiro, Asha-Rose, 32
Millennium Assembly, 94
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 36, 94, 122, 173, 189–91, 199–200, 201–4t, 204–5
Millennium Development Goals Gender Chart, 207
Millennium Summit (September 2000), 94
Minamata Convention on Mercury, 228
“minilateral” relations, 42–43
Mitri, Tarek, 64
Model UN, 259–66
Montreal Protocol, 227
Moreno-Ocampo, Luis, 158
Moynihan, Daniel P., 49
multilateral relations, 42–43, 105
National Collegiate Conference Association, 260, 266
national sovereignty, 18
Negroponte, John D.: as ambassador, 49–51, 102
on NGOs, 174
on terrorism, 135
on UN Village, 96–98
Neuer, Hillel, 165
Nigeria, 75, 77, 113, 149, 158
9/11 terrorist attacks, 50–51, 134–36
Nobel Peace Prize, 14, 92, 142, 151, 152, 180, 206, 222
Nonaligned Movement (NAM), 42, 78, 88–92, 232–33, 250
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 4, 174–75
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 63–64, 169, 232–33
North Korea, 164
sanctions against, 51, 53, 68–70, 147
and WMDs, 51, 53, 67, 143, 145, 147
North-South divide, 74, 162–63, 234
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 143, 146–47
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 68, 70, 152
Nye, Joseph S., Jr., 42
Obama, Barack / Obama administration, 14, 48, 52–53, 77, 149, 164, 225, 252
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 177, 178
Office of Internal Oversight Services, 239
Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI), 118
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. See UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI), 7, 206
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. See UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Oil-for-Food Program, 67
Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, 204
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 7, 14, 142, 151–52
Organization of African Unity, 128–29
Organization of Islamic Conference, 232
Osorio, Néstor, 99
P5. See Permanent Five
Palestinian situation, 60, 91–92, 102, 114–15, 162–63, 178
Parry, Emry Jones, 74
patents, 215
Patrick, Stewart: on Ban Ki-moon, 38
on countries’ voting records, 234
on global politics, 41–43
on human rights, 164–65
on peace operations, 112
on Security Council, 56, 75–78
Peacebuilding Commission, 123–25
peace enforcement, 124
peacekeeping: budgeting for, 247–49
current operations, 116, 116, 117t
evolving concept of, 114–15, 118–20
monitoring staff of, 122–23
process of, 112–14
peace operations, 111–33
budgeting for, 247–49
effectiveness of, 127–33
extent of, 111
glossary, 124
monitoring staff of, 122–23
peacebuilding, 123–25
peacekeeping, 111–23
police for, 120–22
political missions, 125–27
Security Council and, 111, 113, 118–20, 123, 126, 129, 132–33
troops for, 113
Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier, 26, 39
Perkins, Edward J., 49
Permanent Five (P5), 57–65
financial contributions to UN from, 250
role and workings of, 61–65
and Security Council structure, 75
and terrorism, 136
UN Charter on, 18
veto power of, 18, 57, 59, 62–63
permanent representatives, US, 46–54
Pickering, Thomas R., 49
Pillay, Navenethem (Navi), 165–66
Poland, 258
police, 120–22
political missions, 124, 125–27, 126
Power, Samantha: as ambassador, 49, 53, 53–54
on budgeting, 241–42
on civil society, 175
on reform, 236
on Syrian civil war, 59
on US-UN relations, 13
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, 152
preventive diplomacy, 124, 125
Procurement Task Force, 239
Puri, Hardeep Singh, 140
quick impact projects, 180
recovery, 183–87
reform: Kofi Annan and, 30–32, 178, 237, 239
Ban Ki-moon and, 30, 36–37, 75, 241, 241
of budgeting process, 239
initiatives for, 239–40
management-driven, 237–42
proposals for, 236–43
of Secretariat, 30
of Security Council, 75–78
refugees, 254–58
regional commissions, 7
Reitano, Richard, 261–66
resistance movements, 115
responsibility to protect (R2P), 37, 166–70
Rice, Susan E., 57
on global politics, 42
on terrorism, 134
on value of UN, 11
Richardson, Bill, 49
Robinson, Mary, 165
Rome Treaty (1998), 157–59
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 19–21, 21, 159
Roosevelt, Franklin D., ix, 1, 19
R2P. See responsibility to protect
Russia: financial contributions to UN from, 250
and global politics, 40–42
and human rights, 160–61
and peace operations, 114
and R2P, 169
as Security Council member, ix, 18, 57, 59, 62–65, 67
and Syria, 142. See also Soviet Union
sanctions, 65–71
on Iraq, 66–67
targeted, 67–71
UN Charter on, 69
value of, 65
San Marino, 77
Saudi Arabia, 60, 102, 161, 165, 232
Scali, John P., 49
Scranton, William W., 49
SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), 204–5
Secretariat, 4, 6, 10, 29–31, 109
departments of, 10
offices of, 29
oversight of, 31–35
reform of, 30
UN Charter on, 27
agenda of, 35–39
General Assembly in relation to, 238–39
list of office holders, 26
oversight function and team of, 31–35, 33
role and responsibilities of, 23, 25, 27–29
UN Charter on, 27
and UN Village, 109–10
security: rights in relation to, 155–56
Security Council and, 71–75
Security Council, 4, 51, 55–78, 109, 231
and children’s rights, 182
desirability of membership on, 60, 101–3; E10, 57, 60, 62
General Assembly in relation to, 72–73, 88, 90
and human rights, 157
meetings, resolutions, and vetoes (1998–2012), 59t
members of, 18, 57, 60, 75, 80
and peace operations, 111, 113, 118–20, 123, 126, 129, 132–33
politics and workings of, ix, 40–41, 98, 100–106
president of, 57
restructuring, 75–78
role, authority, and responsibilities of, 6, 7, 55–56, 61, 72–75
and R2P, 168–70
sanctions by, 65–71
secretary-general selection, 26–27
and security issues, 71–75
selection procedures for, 103–5
setting of, 100–101
subsidiary bodies, 57
and terrorism, 134, 136–40, 148–49
voting records in, 229–30, 230t
and WMDs, 145–46. See also Permanent Five (P5)
Senegal, 76
Senior Management Group, 33–34
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 50–51, 134–36
sexual abuse, violence, and exploitation, 122–23
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, 42
Sheehan, Michael, 27–28
Sierra Leone, 76, 125, 130–32, 132, 157
Singapore, 254–58
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 216
“sixth veto,” 62
Slovenia, 103–5
Smith, Carolyn, 261–66
Soderberg, Nancy: on General Assembly, 88, 90
on nature of UN, 5
on reform, 237–38
on Security Council, 76
on UN Village, 100, 101, 107–8
“soft infrastructure,” 209, 214–15
Soviet Union, 2, 40, 62, 88–89, 141–43. See also Russia
Spain, 77
State of the World’s Children, 182
Stettinius, Edward R., 49
Stevenson, Adlai E., 49
Sudan, 115, 148, 230. See also Darfur, Sudan; South Sudan
sustainable development, 94, 190, 192, 200, 204–5, 223. See also development
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 204–5
Syria: chemical weapons in, 67, 142, 152
crisis management in, 178, 180
human rights in, 164
recovery operations in, 184, 186
Security Council on, 59–60, 102
UN intervention in, 170
Taliban, 74, 135, 136, 148, 149
Tanzania, 194
Taylor, Charles, 131
terrorism, 134–40
conventions and protocols on, 138
defining, 138–39
failed states and, 135
types of responses to, 135
UN actions on, 134, 136–37, 148–49
Thant, U, 26
Tharoor, Shashi, 26, 254–58, 255
Timor-Leste. See East Timor
Titanic (ship), 214
Titov, Dmitry, 118
Toyberg-Frandzen, Jens Anders, 130
treaties, 86–88
“triple crisis,” 183–84
Truman, Harry S., 19–20
Trusteeship Council, 4, 6, 80, 89
Turkey, 77
Ukraine, 62
UN Center for Human Settlements, 206
UN Charter, 16–20
amendments to, 18
on budgeting, 252
on ECOSOC, 171
on General Assembly, 18, 79–82
poster about, 3
ratification of, ix
on sanctions, 69
on Secretariat and secretary-general, 27, 30
signing ceremony, 17
on use of force, 67
on voting, 88
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 4, 6, 14, 35, 180–82, 186
UN Commission on Human Rights, 20–21, 159–62
UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 223
UN Commission on the Status of Women, 7, 21
UN Conference on Environment and Development. See Earth Summit
UN Conference on Sustainable Development, 92–93, 94
UN Conference on Trade and Development, 172
UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 7, 207
UN Development Program (UNDP), 4, 191–97, 206, 240, 247–48
UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 6, 212–14, 219
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, 176
UN Environment Program (UNEP), 6, 35, 221, 227, 228
UN Ethics Office, 240
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 223
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 161, 165–66
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 4, 7, 14, 35, 180, 186, 249, 254–58
UN Human Rights Council, 161–65
UN Industrial Development Organization, 206
UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste, 132–33
UN Integrated Peace Building Mission in Sierra Leone, 130
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 221–23
UN International Drug Control Program, 215, 218
UNITE (campaign to end violence against women), 122
United Kingdom: and global politics, 41, 42
and R2P, 169
as Security Council member, 18, 57, 72
voting record of, 232. See also Britain, and Palestine
United Nations: attitudes toward, 2–3
and children’s rights, 182
founding documents, 1–2, 16–22
issues facing, ix
nature of, 4–6
personal account of, 254–58
and R2P, 169–70
significance of people and diplomacy in, 3, 95–110
small countries in, 105–6
specialized agencies, 4
US relations with, ix, 11–15, 38–39, 44, 46–54, 56, 245, 250–52
value of, for Americans, 11–12
workings of, 10–11
United States: ambassador to UN, 46–54
and countries’
voting records, 229–35
and development organizations, 205–6
financial contributions to UN from, 246–52
and global network, 208
and global politics, 41–42
HDI rating of, 192
and international courts, 157–59
and international organizations, 218
and peace operations, 111–12, 114, 128, 129, 133
and refugee status, 258
relations with UN, ix, 11–15, 38–39, 44, 46–54, 56, 245, 250–52
as Security Council member, ix, 18, 57, 61–62, 67
and UNEP, 228
and UNICEF, 186
and UN sanctions, 70–71
Uniting for Consensus, 77
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 20–22, 21, 71–72, 153–54, 188, 191
text of, 267–74
Universal Periodic Review (UPR), 163–65
Universal Postal Union (UPU), 210–11, 219
UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 129
UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan, 121, 122
UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, 128
UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), 141–42, 152
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 216, 218
UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 119
UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 119
UN Peacebuilding Fund, 124–25
UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), 122, 129
UN Peacekeeping Forces, 14
UN Police (UNPOL), 120–22
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), 178
UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, 57
UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), 132
UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), 114–15, 115
UN Village, 95–110
diplomacy in, 96–98
food in, 108
formality and informality in, 97, 106–8
gender issues in, 99–100
“neighborhoods” of, 98–100
secretary-general and, 109–10
Security Council in, 100–106
Urquhart, Brian: on Ralph Bunche, 91
on Security Council, 78
on Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 20, 22
on value of UN, 16
on workings of UN, 10–11
US Congress, 19, 85, 158, 229, 242, 250
US Constitution, 19
US Environmental Protection Agency, 225, 228
US State Department, 20, 137, 164, 229–35
Vieira de Mello, Sérgio, 132, 149, 165
Vike-Freiberga, Vaira, 26
violence against women, 73, 122
von Einsiedel, Sebastian, 148–49
voting blocs, 10, 76, 78, 88–91, 232, 233
voting, in General Assembly, 88, 103–5, 250–52
voting record, US monitoring of, 229–35
Wadsworth, James J., 49
Waldheim, Kurt, 26
Walters, Vernon A., 49
watchdog committees, 155
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), 140–48
IAEA and, 144
Iraq and, 66
non-proliferation vs. abolition, 146–48
state possession of, 142–43
UN actions on, 145–46
UN actors concerned with, 151–52
Wedgwood, Ruth, 134, 147, 154, 162, 163, 165
West Africa, 12
Western Europe and Others Group, 232
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, 87
Wiesel, Elie, 35
Wiggins, James Russell, 49
women: empowerment of, 195–96
language of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 20–21
MDGs and, 190
UN organizations for, 7, 195, 206–7
in UN population, 99–100
Wonder, Stevie, 35
World Bank, 6, 172, 197–99, 207
World Court. See International Court of Justice (ICJ)
World Economic Forum on Climate, Growth and Development (Davos, 2014), 225
World Food Program (WFP), 179–80, 181, 186–87, 249
World Health Organization (WHO), 4, 6, 87, 182–83, 187, 196
World Heritage Sites, 213
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 215, 219
World Maritime University, 218
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 221, 228
World Trade Organization (WTO), 172
Wu Hongbo, 33
Yost, Charles W., 49
Young, Andrew, 49
Yugoslavia, 88, 103, 104, 157, 248
Zambia, 76
Zeid al-Hussein, Zeid Ra’ad, 166
Zerrougui, Leila, 33
Zimbabwe, 62
Zmeevsky, Alexander, 139