Book Reviews : Workshops for the World: The Specialized Agencies of the United Nations. By GRAHAM BECKEL. (New York: Abelard-Shuman. 1954. Pp. xxiii, 213. $4.00.)

1955 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-114
Author(s):  
G. V. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

scholarly journals Sustainable Finance and the 2030 Agenda: Investing to Transform the World

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10505
Author(s):  
María Mar Miralles-Quirós ◽  
José Luis Miralles-Quirós
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Member States ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Sustainable Finance ◽  
The United Nations

On 25 September 2015, the member states of the United Nations approved an initiative in New York called “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” [...]

Outlook for Botswana

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
Seretse Khama
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Poor Country ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Small Country ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Bare Minimum

On 24 September 1969, three years after Botswana achieved independence, the President of the Republic, Sir Seretse Khama, addressed the 24th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. The following extracts from his speech may be of interest to readers:… My country is … a comparative newcomer to the United Nations, and this my first opportunity to address this General Assembly. Botswana is a small country in terms of population if not in area. As a small and poor country we set a particularly high value on our membership of the United Nations and those of its specialised agencies which our budgetary restrictions have permitted us to join. I should like to emphasise the particular importance of the United Nations for states like Botswana which, because of development priorities, are obliged to restrict their conventional bilateral contacts and keep their overseas missions to a bare minimum. Here in New York we can make contacts which would otherwise be difficult to achieve… The United Nations enables us to keep in touch with international opinion, and to put our views before the world.

The Impact of the United Nations Upon Africa

1978 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick H. Gareau
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Latin America ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
World Organisation

Observers have been intrigued by the relationship which has developed between the United Nations and Africa, a continent that now houses one-third of the membership of the world institution. Investigators have been seduced by subjects such as African frustration with the world organisation,1 African cohesion on Assembly roll-calls,2 African co-operation with Latin America in New York,3 or the impact of Mother Africa's offspring upon the United Nations.4 A few authors have sensed the magnitude of the impact which the world organisation has had upon the continent5, and several have detailed discrete instances of what has happened. What we have not seen is a general assessment of this impact with supporting data. My aim is to fill this gap in the literature, and to determine to what extent the existence of the United Nations has made a difference for Africa.

scholarly journals United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-594
Author(s):  
Ingrid Mattson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Group Position ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Status Of Women

Preparations for the FourthWorld Conference on WomenThe Economic and Social Council of the United Nations has beenvery active during the past year convening world conferences in order toredefm e its goals and strategies for international cooperation on majorissues. In September 1994, delegations from many nations met in Cairofor the International Conference on Population and Development. InMarch 1995, Copenhagen was the venue for the World Summit for SocialDevelopment. In September 1995, Beijing will be the setting for theFourth World Conference on the Status of Women. In preparation for thelatter conference, international delegations met in New York duringMarch and April to prepare the Platform for Action, which is to be ratifiedin Beijing. The draft document was prepared by the Secretariat of theCommission on the Status of Women after consultation with regionalgroups of the United Nations. In New York, delegations were to proposeamendments to the Platform for Action so that it would be ready for ratificationin Beijing. At least that was the plan. The following report willdescribe how political agendas, arrogance, and bickering prevented thetask from being completed. Perhaps the greatest obstacle, however, wasthe belief that every country in the world could reach consensus on somany contentious issues-there is a better chance of the holy grail beingfound this year.First, for those who are not familiar with the dynamics of the UnitedNations, I need to sketch out the role of the major players. On one side ofthe floor of the UN, members of the European Union (EU) huddle together;the representative from France is their spokesperson. On the other sideof the floor sits the representative from the Philippines, who is thespokesperson for the Group of 77 (077). The 077, which now actuallycomprises 132 members, includes almost all nations from Latin and SouthAmerica, Africa, and Asia. Members of the EU and the 077 meet in theirrespective groups before the main assembly convenes in order to formulatea group position. On the floor of the UN, it is therefore the spokespersonsof these two groups who are the most active.It is significant that while 132 diverse nations were able to meet and,in most cases, bring about a consensus on difficult issues, the United ...

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