The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) is pleased to announce the publication of the 2010-2011 edition of its highly respected “A Global Agenda: Issues Before the United Nations.” This latest addition to the Global Agenda series features timely new content since the 2009 edition, including the latest developments in the quest for an international agreement on climate change, the global debate over whether international aid works and a detailed evaluation of how well the new Human Rights Council is working. The 2010 edition also looks at global instability, the vast growth in peacekeeping, the steady evolution of the International Criminal Court and lagging efforts at UN reform.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says: "'A Global Agenda' is essential reading for diplomats, scholars, students and anyone seeking in-depth information and expert analysis on the United Nations and the challenges of our times. This is an invaluable reference tool on how the United Nations engages around the world and across the agenda."
The authors of “A Global Agenda” read like a who’s who of policy experts, diplomats, academics and journalists. Jean-Marie Guйhenno, who examines the UN response to the changing nature of global conflict, was the UN's peacekeeping chief until 2008 and led the largest expansion of peacekeeping in UN history. Jayantha Dhanapala, the UN under secretary-general for disarmament affairs from 1998 to 2003, lays out multilateral approaches to taming some of the top causes of international insecurity. Robert P. Finn, who served as the first US ambassador to Afghanistan in more than 20 years after the country was invaded over the Sept. 11 attacks, assesses the gains -- and setbacks -- in the region since 2001. Barbara Crossette, UN bureau chief for The New York Times from 1994 to 2001, looks at UN Women, the new women's agency. James Cockayne, of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, evaluates the UN counterterrorism role. Sir Brian Urquhart, whose foreword calls for big changes at the UN, helped pull together the organization after World War II. The Century Foundation's Jeffrey Laurenti probes the evolving relationship between the UN and President Obama. And Huffington Post's Evelyn Leopold profiles Susan E. Rice, Washington's top diplomat at the UN.
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