TY - GEN AU - Fasulo,Linda M. TI - An insider's guide to the UN SN - 9780300141979 AV - JZ4984.6 .F37 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New Haven, Conn. PB - Yale University Press KW - United Nations KW - Popular works N1 - An overview -- UN founding documents -- The Secretary General and the Secretariat -- The American ambassadors -- The Security Council -- Peace operations -- The General Assembly -- Coordinating to fight international terrorism -- The UN village -- Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court -- The call for reform -- UN finances -- A tour of UN headquarters -- The coup against Boutros-Ghali -- UN advocates, donors, and friends -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Making a career at the UN -- ECOSOC -- Agencies, programs, and commissions -- Rule of law and human rights -- Social and economic development -- Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants -- UN to the rescue -- Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats -- Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work -- International crime and drug trafficking; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2008; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries ER -