E-grāmata: Procedure of the UN Security Council

The fourth edition . . . is an authoritative compilation of the work of the Council, and thereby serves as a kind of guide to the efforts of the international community, over almost 70 years, to maintain world peace. The volume documents the Councils attempts, in the face of new and novel crises and conflicts, to develop a work practice and a toolkit in order to properly fulfil its Charter mandate. . . . The [ book will] quickly become established as a standard reference for practitioners and academicians. * Vereinte Nationen, German Review on the United Nations * The book covers almost everything ... the accompanying website is a real gold mine. It is used to keep the book continuously updated. These updates, which appear frequently, are linked to specific sections in the book. If you want, you can print them out and insert them into the book. When you subscribe to the alert service, it is almost as if you are witnessing the continuous process of evolution of the Councils procedures, and of the books content. You feel as if you are witnessing the fifth edition in the making. * Otto Spijkers, Academic Council on the United Nations System * The book successfully makes the councils work plain to interested readers, be it scholar, student, diplomat or journalist. Its a surprisingly uncomplicated, highly readable book, compared with the usual scholarly works on the UN, written in academic jargon...The book is like its predecessors a unique source of information. It is highly recommended to all interested in the UN, as appreciating the important changes can play a key role in building support for the councils work in maintaining international peace. * Helmut Volger, PassBlue (website) * For a 744-page book that deals with procedure, it is a highly readable tome written in a non-scholarly fashion that combines the rigor of an academic text with the prose of a journalist. * Denis Fitzgerald, UN Tribune *