Improving decision-making in the UN Security Council / Danilo Türk -- Bush's War has damaged the United Nations / Hans Corell -- Human rights and economic and social development / Bertrand G. Ramcharan -- The mutual feedback between sustainable development and human rights: adding responsibility as a catalyst / Jutta F. Bertram-Northnagel -- The UN Security Council's counter-terrorism efforts / Eric Rosand -- Reflections on the Security Council's counter-terrorism resolutions / Giuseppe Nesi -- Assistance to States challenged by unconstitutional means / Roy S. Lee -- Nuclear verification in North Korea and Iran / Berhanykun Andemicael -- United Nations parterships: working together for a betterworld / Amir A. Dossal -- Commitment to multilateralism / A. Missouri Sherman-Peter -- Will the UN hope survive / Newton Bowles
Summary
This work brings together a number of contributions analyzing some of the most pressing issues in the present world, and suggests ways and methods to manage these problems. Topics covered are the decision-making in the UN Security Council; the position of the United States vis-a-vis the United Nations; human rights and economic and social development; sustainable development and human rights, democracy and others. The book hopes to influence the policy and decision makers to take the necessary action towards the solution of these problems
