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United Nations Global Conferences

United Nations Global Conferences discusses the origins, meaning, purposes, trends and controversies concerning the convening and impacts of United Nations global conferences.

It is a particularly propitious time for such a study since there are thirty such conferences to compare, and many argue that they have not been worth the money expended on them. Others, however, suggest that the only effective way to address global problems, such as racism, sexism, over-population, environmental degradation, overfishing, urbanization, and the proliferation of small arms is through the convening of such conferences. This book, the first comprehensive comparative study of such conferences, provides information essential to the ongoing debate about the pros and cons of multilateralism and includes an examination of:

the typical structure of a conference

substantive and institutional outcomes of the conferences

changes resulting from the conferences

UN conferences as mechanisms for coping with the problems of the twenty-first century.

This book will be essential reading for students of the United Nations and of international organization and global governance, as well as practitioners from non-governmental organizations.

Michael G. Schechter is Professor of International Relations at James Madison College of Michigan State University, USA. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of fifteen books and has published extensively in the fields of international organization and international relations.

Global Institutions Series

Edited by Thomas G. Weiss
The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA
and Rorden Wilkinson
University of Manchester, UK

The "Global Institutions Series" is designed to provide readers with comprehensive, accessible, and informative guides to the history, structure, and activities of key international organizations. Every volume stands on its own as a thorough and insightful treatment of a particular topic, but the series as a whole contributes to a coherent and complementary portrait of the phenomenon of global institutions at the dawn of the millennium.

Each book is written by a recognized expert in the field, conforms to a similar structure, and covers a range of themes and debates common to the series. These areas of shared concern include the general purpose and rationale for organizations, developments over time, membership, structure, decision-making procedures, and key functions. Moreover, the current debates are placed in a historical perspective alongside informed analysis and critique. Each book also contains an annotated bibliography and guide to electronic information as well as any annexes appropriate to the subject matter at hand.

The volumes currently under contract include:

The United Nations and Human Rights (2005)
by Julie Mertus (American University)

UN Global Conferences (2005)
by Michael Schechter (Michigan State University)

The UN Secretary-General and Secretariat (2005)
by Leon Gordenker (Princeton University)

The UN General Assembly (2005)
by M. J. Peterson (University of Massachusetts. Amherst)

The LN Security Council
by Edward C. Luck (Columbia University)

The International Monetary Fund
by James Vreeland (Yale University)

The Commonwealth(s) and Global Governance
by Timothy Shaw (University of London)

The International Labour Organization
Coming in from the Cold
by Steve Hughes (University of Newcastle)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
by Neil MacFarlane (Oxford University) and Julian Lindley-French (Geneva Centre for Security Policy)

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
by Ian Taylor (University of St. Andrews)

Group of 7/8
by Hugo Dobson (University of Sheffield)

The World Bank
From Reconstruction to Development to Equity
by Katherine Marshall (World Bank)

Global Environmental Institutions
by Beth DeSombre (Welleslev College)

The World Intellectual Property Organization
Resurgence and the Development Agenda
by Chris May (University of the West of England)

World Economic Forum
by Geoffrey Pignum (University of Kent)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
by Richard Woodward (University of Hull)

Non-Governmental Organizations in Global Politics
by Peter Willetts (City University, London)

Multilateralism in the South
An Analysis
by Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner (City College of New York)

The European Union
by Clive Archer (Manchester Metropolitan University)

The International Committee of the Red Cross
A Unique Humanitarian Actor
by David Forsythe (University of Nebraska) and Barbara Ann J. Rieffer (Bethany College)

The World Health Organization
by Kelley Lee (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

The World Trade Organization
by Bernard Hoekman (World Bank) and Petros Mavroidis (Columbia University)

The International Organization for Standardization and the Global Economy
Setting Standards
by Craig Murphy (Wellesley College) and JoAnne Yates (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

For further information regarding the series, please contact:

Craig Fowlie, Publisher, Politics & International Studies
Taylor & Francis
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United Nations Global Conferences

Michael G. Schechter

First published 2005

by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

2005 Michael G. Schechter

Typeset in Times New Roman by
Taylor & Francis Books

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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ISBN 0-415-34380-1 (hbk)
ISBN 0-415-34381-X (pbk)

Contents

This volume is among the first in a new and dynamic series on "global institutions." As the title suggests, we hope that it offers a comprehensive guide to the history, structure, and concrete activities of "UN global conferences." Remarkable as it may seem, there exist few individual works that offer in-depth treatments of prominent global bodies and processes, much less an entire series of concise and complementary volumes. Those that do exist are either out of date, inaccessible to the non-specialist reader, or seek to develop a specialized understanding of particular aspects of an institution or a process rather than offer an overall account of its functioning. Similarly, existing works have often been written in highly technical language or have been crafted "in-house" and are notoriously self-serving and narrow in focus.

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