The Europa Directory of International Organizations: 2003

Description

Providing a comprehensive guide to the framework of international organizations and their importance in international affairs, this directory is invaluable to public, academic, and corporate libraries, as well as government libraries.
Key Features:
* Comprehensive international coverage
* Up-to-date and extensively researched
* Covers a wide spectrum of institutions from the United Nations to the OECD.
Contents include:
* Introductory essays: "An Introduction to International Organizations" and " Challenges Facing" "the International System in the 21st Century
"* A chronology charting the historical development of international organizations
* A list of international observances
* Texts of significant international charters, treaties and documents, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Social Charter and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
* Lists of key UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, plus information about peace-keeping activities
* Profiles of over 1,700 international and regional organizations containing, where applicable, contact information and details of membership, activities, finance, publications and subsidiary organizations
* A Who's Who in International Organizations providing biographical information on principal officers and other key personalities in international organizations at the start of the 21st century
* Invaluable index to organizations

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