Global Issues in the United Nations’ Framework

After World War II the United Nations set up a number of special conferences to deal with new problems in international diplomacy which had arisen. This looks at the significance of these conferences and the implications of the changes for the effectiveness of the United Nations framework.

Part 1 The context and the conferences: the origins and institutional setting of the UN special conferences, Paul Taylor; the pattern of the conferences, Peter Willetts. Part 2 Global issues: in search of racial equality, Gene M.Lyons; UNSSODS - the quest for structure and norms, A.J.R.Groom and J.F.Guilhaudis; population - coming to terms with people, Paul Taylor; the road to Rome - the production and distribution of food, Donald J.Puchala; the human environment - Stockholm 1971-2 and its follow up, Ingrid Detter de Lupis; women's rights - the decade 1975-1985, R.J.Harrision; UNCTAD and international economic reform, Gautam Sen and Marc Williams. Part 3 Evaluation and prescription: reflections on a changing system, A.J.R.Groom; the report of the Committee of Eighteen.