Politics in the United Nations System

Foreword / Javier Pérez de Cuéllar vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

1. The Politics of Value Allocation in the UN System / Lawrence S. Finkelstein 1

2. The United Nations and the Politics of Law / Robert E. Riggs 41

3. Unit Veto Dominance in the United Nations Peace-Keeping / Alan M. James 75

4. The Politics of International Economic Cooperation and Development / Robert W. Gregg 106

5. The Deterioration of the GATT Foundation Framework in International Trade Relations / Ronald I. Meltzer 148

6. Value Allocation and North-South Conflict in the Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference / Robert L. Friedheim 175

7. The United Nations and Ecosystem Issues: Institutionalizing the Global Interest / Donald J. Puchala 214

8. The Politics of Efficacy: The United Nations and Human Rights / David P. Forsythe 246

9. The United Nations and Refugees / Leon Gordenker 274

10. IAEA's Role in the International Politics of Atomic Energy / Christer Jönsson and Staffan Bolin 303

11. Three Times Forty:The ITU in a Time of Change / George A. Codding Jr. 324

12. The Political Roles of Recent World Bank Presidents / Michael G. Schechter 350

13. The Political Role of the Director-General of UNESCO / Lawrence S. Finkelstein 385

14. "Truly" International Bureaucracies: Real or Imagined? / Robert S. Jordan 424

15. Comparative Politics in the UN System / Lawrence S. Finkelstein 446

Names Index 485

Index 491

Contributors 501