Ramcharan, B. G.

Preventive diplomacy at the UN / Preventive diplomacy at the United Nations Bertrand G. Ramcharan ; foreword by Leon Gordenker. - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2008. - xxvii, 266 p. ; 25 cm. - United Nations intellectual history project series ; 10 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series editors' foreword / by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss -- Foreword / by Leon Gordenker -- Preface and acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Secretaries-General on preventive diplomacy -- Introduction -- Preventive diplomacy in the concert of Europe, the Hague Peace Conferences, the League of Nations, and the UN Charter -- UN policies and doctrines of preventive diplomacy -- The practice of preventive diplomacy by the Security Council -- The practice of preventive diplomacy by the Secretaries-General -- Preventive diplomacy during the Cuban missile crisis -- The practice of preventive diplomacy by representatives of the Secretary-General and UN subregional offices -- The preventive role of UN peacekeepers and observers -- Preventive diplomacy in the economic, social, human rights, and humanitarian fields -- Preventive diplomacy in an age of genocide, terrorism, and nontraditional threats to security -- Cooperative preventive diplomacy with regional and subregional organizations -- Conclusion: some thoughts for the future -- Notes -- Index.

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United Nations--History.
United Nations. Secretary-General.


Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.
Pacific settlement of international disputes.
Conflict management.

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