Making the Peace—1941–1945. By William L. Neuman. (Washington, D.C.: Foundation for Foreign Affairs. 1950. Pp. 101. $1.00.) - International Monetary and Financial Conferences in the Interwar Period. By Dean E. Traynor. (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. 1949. Pp. ix, 196. $2.25.) - Contemporary International Relations; 1949–1950. Edited by Norman J. Padelford. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1949. Pp. xii, 397. $2.50.) - The European Press Today. By European Affairs Division, Library of Congress. (Washington, D.C.: 1949. Pp. 152. [Multilith.] $1.00. For sale by Card Division, Library of Congress.) - The United States and Europe; a Bibliographical Examination of Thought Expressed in American Publications during 1949. By European Affairs Division, Library of Congress. (Washington, D.C. 1949. Pp. 192. [Multilith.] $1.30. For sale by Card Division, Library of Congress.) - 1949 Annual Review of United Nations Affairs. Edited by Clyde Eagleton. (New York: New York University Press. 1950. Pp. ix, 322. $5.00.) - How Can We the People Achieve a Just Peace? Selected Speeches, Second Annual Session, Mount Holyoke College Institute on The United Nations, June 26-July 23, 1949. Edited by Ruth C. Lawson, Director. (Holyoke, Mass.: Mount Holyoke College. 1949. Pp. viii, 254. $2.00.) - Non-Self-Governing Territories; Summaries and Analyses of Information Transmitted to the Secretary-General during 1948. By The United Nations. (Lake Success, New York: United Nations Publications. 1949. Pp. vii, 686.) - African Dependencies; A Challenge to Western Democracy. By Nwankwo Chukuwemeka. (New York: The William-Frederick Press. 1950. Pp. 210. $3.50.) - Historical Survey of the Question of International Criminal Jurisdiction. Memorandum Submitted by The Secretary-General. (Lake Success, New York: United Nations Publication. 1949. Pp. vii, 147. $1.00.) - Documents on European Recovery and Defence; March 1947-April 1949. (London and New York: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1949. Pp. vii, 150. $2.50.) - The Evolution of Our Latin-American Policy; A Documentary Record. Edited by James W. Gantenbein. (New York: Columbia University Press. 1950. Pp. xxvii, 979. $12.50.) - Berlin Command. By Brigadier General Frank Howley. (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1950. Pp. 276. $3.50.) - The People Don't Know; The American Press and the Cold War. By George Seldes. (New York: Gaer Associates. 1949. Pp. 342. $3.00.)

1950 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 510-512
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
New York University ◽  
The People ◽  
Western Democracy ◽  
The United Nations

scholarly journals EDUCATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT AGAINST HATE SPEECH AND INTOLERANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnaldo Arroio
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Young People ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Heads Of State ◽  
First Time

On January 24, 2019, the International Day of Education was celebrated for the first time. One of the celebrations was a speech by the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), in which Mr. António Guterres highlighted the role of education in combating hate speech, intolerance in various aspects and also in xenophobia. In the words of the Secretary-General of the UN: "Such a situation constitutes a violation of his fundamental right to education. The world cannot afford to deprive a generation of children and young people of the knowledge they will need to have a place in the economy of the 21st century. " In 2019, there are still 262 million children and young people who do not have access to school, and most of these children and young people are girls who are in a situation of exclusion. In 2015 between September 25 and 27, Heads of State and Government and senior representatives from various countries met at United Nations Headquarters in New York when they celebrated the 70th anniversary of the United Nations and decided on the new objectives’ development, setting the 2030 Agenda.

scholarly journals A Transition of Internationalisms: Britain, the United States, and the Formation of the United Nations Information Organization during World War II

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Giles Scott-Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Public Information ◽  
World Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Agency ◽  
World War ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations Information Office (UNIO), dating from 1942, holds the distinction of being both the first international agency of the embryonic UN network and the first to hold the United Nations label. Run from 1942 to 1945 from two offices in New York and London, these two were merged at the end of World War II to form the UN Information Organisation, and subsequently transformed into the Department of Public Information run from UN headquarters in New York. This article adds to the history of the UN by exploring the origins and development of the UNIO during 1940–41, when it was a British-led propaganda operation to gather US support for the allied war effort. It also examines the UNIO from the viewpoint of the power transition from Britain to the United States that took place during the war, and how this reflected a transition of internationalisms: from the British view of world order through benevolent imperialism to the American view of a progressive campaign for global development and human rights.

Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law

1993 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Marian Nash
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
George Bush ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Contemporary Practice

On September 8, 1992, President George Bush transmitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted at New York on May 9, 1992, by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change and signed on behalf of the United States at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro on June 12, 1992.

Correction

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 898-898
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
New York University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Right ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations ◽  
Right Of Access

The following dissertation was omitted from the bibliography “Doctoral Dissertations in American Universities Concerning the United Nations, 1943–1961,” by Sidney N. Barnett, which appeared in the Summer 1962 (Vol. 16, No. 3) issue of International Organization:Tobiassen, Leif Kr. The Right of Access to the United Nations. New York University, 1959.

On Behalf of the United Nations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Falk
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Special Rapporteur ◽  
Human Rights Council ◽  
Occupied Palestinian Territory ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Palestinian Territory

This chapter reflects on the role as special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), which investigated the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The chapter first provides an overview of the role and office of special rapporteur, noting that UN concerns about Israel and responses to Palestinian grievances are highly politicized within the organization, before discussing some of the characteristics that distinguish the mandate established by the HRC and made applicable to Occupied Palestine. It also explains what was accomplished in six years as special rapporteur of the HRC and details the controversies and pressures attached to that job. It shows that the “UN” comprises different layers, agendas, and interests. The chapter claims that while the United Nations secretary-general in New York permitted personal attacks against the special rapporteur, the leadership and professionals of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva strongly supported his efforts in what the chapter calls the “legitimacy war”.

Management Reform in the United Nations: Between Politics and Efficiency

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Müller
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
World Summit ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
The Public ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
The United Nations

AbstractManagement reform in the United Nations has been a frequent concern in the public debate. Although a multitude of initiatives were launched, the result remains disappointing. A string of management reforms are described, emphasizing the most recent ones introduced under the Secretary-Generals Kofi Annan and Boutros Boutros Ghali. Particular attention is given to initiatives following the Volcker inquiry into the alleged mismanagement and corruption under the United Nations Oil-for-Food program. The review concludes with the management reforms approved during the recent World Summit in September 2005. Since the creation of the United Nations, management reforms have been driven from outside the Organization, by member countries and here in particular by the United States. Proposals to improve management are often closely linked to overriding political concerns. The negotiation process militates towards lowest common denominator; with the Secretary-General of the Organization taking a cautious approach and attempting to facilitate the reaching of consensus. While recognizing the challenge to reconcile the different priorities of 191 member countries, recommendations are put forward to facilitate a more proactive approach by the Secretariat. Management reform in the United Nations is seen, however, to remain a cumbersome and lengthy step-by-step process.

Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction (Ottawa Treaty)

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (324) ◽  
pp. 557-557
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
International Law ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
The United Nations

On 16 September 1998, Burkina Faso deposited its instrument of ratification of the Ottawa treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. The deposit of this 40th instrument of ratification with the United Nations Secretary-General in New York means that on 1 March 1999 the treaty will become binding international law for almost a third of the 130 States which have signed it.

United States v. Palestine Liberation Organization

1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-837
Author(s):  
Eric S. Koenig
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The United States ◽  
District Court ◽  
Palestine Liberation Organization ◽  
Southern District ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Summary Judgment

Plaintiff, the United States, brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and four individuals seeking an injunction to close the PLO’s Permanent Observer Mission (Mission) to the United Nations as violative of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 (ATA). The district court (per Palmieri, J.) entered summary judgment for defendants and held: (1) the ATA does not require the closure of the PLO’s Mission to the United Nations; (2) the status of the PLO’s Mission, an invitee of the United Nations, is protected by the Agreement Between the United States and the United Nations Regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations (Headquarters Agreement); and (3) Congress did not intend the ATA to supersede the Headquarters Agreement.

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