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A world in need of leadership A world in need of leadership Brian Urquhart 103 p. ; 25 cm OL11542761W
Humanitarianism under fire Humanitarianism under fire Ken Rutherford The international humanitarian intervention in Somalia was one of the most challenging operations ever conducted by US and UN military forces. Until Somalia, the UN had never run a Chapter VII exerci… OL12567922W
BUSINESS OF SOME HEAT: THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS BEFORE AND DURING THE 1974 TURKISH INVASI… BUSINESS OF SOME HEAT: THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS BEFORE AND DURING THE 1974 TURKISH INVASI… FRANCIS HENN xxvi, 550 p., [16] p. of plates : 24 cm OL13633584W
Five to rule them all Five to rule them all David L. Bosco From the Berlin Airlift to the Iraq War, the UN Security Council has stood at the heart of global politics. Part public theater, part smoke-filled backroom, the Council has enjoyed notable successes … OL13766634W
Ralph J. Bunche Ralph J. Bunche Patricia McKissack Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. OL14860558W
The United Nations The United Nations Adam Woog Discusses the founding of the United Nations, its peacekeeping, economic, social, and environmental roles, and possibilities for the future. OL15073820W
Kofi Annan Kofi Annan Stanley Meisler Biografie van de Ghanese diplomaat (geboren in 1938), van 1997 tot 2007 secretaris-generaal van de Verenigde Naties. OL15837597W
No regrets No regrets Caroline Seebohm "Marietta Tree was both political activist and society doyenne, one of the last of her breed."--Jacket. OL15844320W
Golden bones Golden bones Sichan Siv Young Sichan Siv was targeted by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian genocide because he was a university graduate. His mother told him to run and "never give up hope!" Captured and put to work in a… OL16055674W
The economics of UN peacekeeping The economics of UN peacekeeping Nadège Sheehan "Peacekeeping is a security concept that is very representative of the current interventionism, multilateralism, human rights, and humanitarian ideas. UN peacekeeping plays an important role in inter… OL16149067W
We Are All Born Free We Are All Born Free Amnesty International The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on 10th December 1948. It was compiled after World War Two to declare and protect the rights of all people from all countries. This beautiful coll… OL16513051W
United Nations United Nations Carol Greene An introduction to the United Nations describing its purpose and organization and the work of its many specialized agencies. OL1653370W
Here Come the Black Helicopters! Here Come the Black Helicopters! Dick Morris Warning: Our national sovereignty and our freedom are in grave danger. Stealthily advancing, the globalists and socialists at the United Nations, and in the United States itself, are trying to dilute… OL16796714W
Agenda 21 Agenda 21 Glenn Beck When the government comes for her mother, Emmeline embarks on a plan to save her family and expose the truth behind the objectives of the United Nations' agenda 21. OL17747033W
Vereinte Nationen gegen Israel Vereinte Nationen gegen Israel Alex Feuerherdt,Florian Markl Kein anderes Land steht bei den Vereinten Nationen so oft am Pranger wie Israel. Der UN-Menschenrechtsrat etwa hat den jüdischen Staat in seinen Resolutionen häufiger verurteilt als alle anderen Länd… OL17848073W
The temporary gentleman The temporary gentleman Sebastian Barry "In this highly anticipated new novel, Irishman Jack McNulty is a "temporary gentleman"--An Irishman whose commission in the British army in World War II was never permanent. Sitting in his lodgings … OL18180406W
Beyond the strait Beyond the strait Andrew Scobell,David Lai,Roy Kamphausen Held on September 26, 2008, the 2008 People's Liberation Army (PLA) Conference, conducted by the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and t… OL18578926W
Keeping the peace Keeping the peace Johnstone, Ian,Michael W. Doyle "Six essays on the UN role in El Salvador, with a chapter comparing UN activity in El Salvador and Cambodia"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. OL18873455W
The common country assessment, Bangladesh The common country assessment, Bangladesh United Nations A joint exercise by UN agencies in Bangladesh to assess the development situation of the country. OL19431290W
Syrian rescue Syrian rescue Don Pendleton "A secret meeting with antigovernment leaders ready to negotiate peace in Syria backfires when the plane carrying UN diplomats to the war-torn country is shot down. Tasked with finding--and extractin… OL20947978W
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