• ISBN13: 9788126906697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 25, 2006
• Pages: 400
• Original Price: INR 795.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

The United Nations was set up at the end of the Second World War, in 1945, to replace the ill-fated League of Nations. The United States, the United Kingdom, Russia (former USSR), France and China are permanent members of the Security Council, the most powerful organ of the United Nations. At that time, the United States was the most powerful country economically, technologically and militarily. It has been playing a dominant role in all decisions taken by the United Nations and its affiliated agencies. It has been dominating other countries and flouting the rules and provisions of the United Nations. To give a concrete example, the grant of loans by the World Bank, IMF and IFC is substantially influenced by the United States, instead of being guided by commercial and financial prudence. During the last six decades, the position of the world has substantially changed in regard to the economic, military and technological power. This has necessitated the redrawing of the United Nations and its various agencies. Unfortunately, this is being strongly resisted by the United States and other permanent members of the Security Council. The Volumes include viewpoints of the Secretary-General as well as all the important countries in regard to the reforms of the United Nations. They also include a large number of documents concerning these reforms. A detailed bibliography has been included to enable the inquisitive readers to pursue the subject further. The Volumes would be found highly useful by the students, researchers and teachers of Political Science and Economics. They would also be useful for executives and parliamentarians of all the countries concerned with the working of the United Nations and its agencies.

Dr. K.R. Gupta is a well-known expert in the field of International Affairs. He has published about a dozen of books and more than hundred papers in reputed journals, being published in India and abroad. He had been teaching postgraduate classes and guiding research for about two decades in the University of Jammu and Kurukshetra University. He has also worked as an Economist in private as well as in public sector. His last assignment was as Economic Advisor to the Modi Enterprises.

• VOLUME 2

• 76. Joint Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Secretary of State of the United States of America (September 7, 2000)
• 77. Holbrooke Calls United Nations ‘Indispensable’ (September 5, 2000)
• 78. India’s Candidature for Security Council (Unstarred Question No. 625 Answered on July 26, 2000)
• 79. Letter Submitted by the Delegation of Italy to the Open-Ended Working Group of the Security Council (July 10, 2000)
• 80. India’s Candidature for Security Council (Unstarred Question No. 5856 Answered on May 3, 2000)
• 81. Restructuring of Security Council (Unstarred Question No. 5794 Answered on May 3, 2000)
• 82. Permanent Membership of Security Council (Unstarred Question No. 394 Answered on April 20, 2000)
• 83. Foreign Ministers in Havana Call for Democratization of United Nations, Enlargement of Security Council (April 12, 2000)
• 84. Reform and Expansion of the Security Council (Statement by Kamalesh Sharma) (April 4, 2000)
• 85. Statement by Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, OEWG: UNSC Reform and Expansion (April 3, 2000)
• 86. Letter Concerning the Introduction of an Obligation to Explain the Use of a Veto (March 31, 2000)
• 87. Permanent Membership of Security Council (Unstarred Question No. 2117 Answered on March 8, 2000)
• 88. Ambassador See-Young Lee on Security Council Reform (January 25, 2000)
• 89. US “Fact Sheet” on UN Security Council Expansion (January 5, 2000)
• 90. Statement by Ambassador Inam ul Haque of Pakistan, Pakistani Mission to the UN (December 20, 1999)
• 91. Statement by Ambassador James B. Cunningham, United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on UN Security Council Reform and Expansion in Plenary Meeting (December 20, 1999)
• 92. Transcript of Press Briefing by the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke at the US Mission to the United Nations (December 20, 1999)
• 93. Ambassador Fowler on Restricting the Veto (December 16, 1999)
• 94. Ambassador Wibisono of Indonesia on the Need to Reform the Security Council (December 16, 1999)
• 95. Ambassador Michael Powles of New Zealand (October 8, 1999)
• 96. Letter dated 23 September 1999 from the Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Addressed to the Secretary-General
• 97. Abel Matutes of Spain on Security Council Reform, Greater Transparency, Greater Efficiency, Greater Democratization (September 21, 1999)
• 98. Anna Lindh (Sweden) Calls for Moratorium on the Use of the Veto in the Security Council Swedish Mission (September 21, 1999)
• 99. Counsellor Kim Won-Soo of Korea (June 24, 1999)
• 100. Russian Deputy Permanent Representative A. Granovsky Favors Enlargement (June 22, 1999)
• 101. Pakistani Permanent Representative Kamal on Equitable Representation, Enlargement and Related Matters (June 16, 1999)
• 102. Statement by Richard Sklar, US Representative to the United Nations for UN Reform and Management, to the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council Reform on the Veto Issue (March 24, 1999)
• 103. Russia Vetoes the Abolition of the Veto Unofficial Translation (March 24, 1999)
• 104. Ambassador F. Paolo Fulci on the Reform of the Security Council (February 18-19, 1999)
• 105. Statement by Richard Sklar, US Representative to the UN for United Nations Reform and Management, to the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council Reform (February 11, 1999)
• 106. Statement on the Reform of the Security Council by Prof. Fruchtbaum (Soloman Islands) (February 11, 1999)
• 107. Ambassador Duval on Proceeding with Reform (February 11, 1999)
• 108. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York (February 8, 1999)
• 109. Work of the Sanctions Committees Note by the President of the Security Council Ambassador Celso Amorim (January 29, 1999)
• 110. Reforming the Security Council An Italian View (December 1998)
• 111. Statement from the Symposium on Targeted Sanctions Iraq (December 7, 1998)
• 112. Statement by Richard Sklar, US Representative for UN Reform and Management, on Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council (November 23, 1998)
• 113. Statement by H.E. Yukio Satoh Permanent Representative of Japan (November 20, 1998)
• 114. Ambassador Arias of Spain Responds to Accusations (November 20, 1998)
• 115. Ambassador Wensley of Australia on Security Council Reform (November 19, 1998)
• 116. Marjatta Rasi of Finland Presents the Nordic View on Security Council Enlargement (October 20, 1998)
• 117. Concluding Statement by the President of the 52nd General Assembly H.E. Hennadly Udovenko (September 8, 1998)
• 118. Ambassador António Monteiro of Portugal: Children in Armed Conflict (June 29, 1998)
• 119. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York (June 23, 1998)
• 120. Conference Room Paper 14 on the Majority Required for Taking Decisions on Security Council Reform (May 1998)
• 121. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York (May 5, 1998)
• 122. Ambassador Arias Speaks Out on the Veto and Proposes a Compromise Solution (April 23, 1998)
• 123. Ambassador Tello of Mexico on the Veto Mexican Mission to the UN (April 21, 1998)
• 124. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York (April 21, 1998)
• 125. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York (February 11, 1998)
• 126. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York (February 3, 1998)
• 127. Memorandum by the Elected Members on Transparency in the Security Council
• Cover
• Letter to the President of the Security Council Signed by All Ten Non-permanent Members (December 22, 1997)
• 128. The Nordic Countries on Equitable Representation
• Ambassador Henrik Salander (Sweden) (December 4, 1997)
• 129. Ambassador Manuel Tello of Mexico (December 4, 1997)
• 130. Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan
• Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN
• Statement on Security Council Reform (December 4, 1997)
• 131. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York
• Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly (December 4, 1997)
• 132. Statement by Ambassador António Monteiro Permanent Representative of Portugal to the UN
• General Assembly Debate on the Report of the Security Council (October 28, 1997)
• 133. Lena Hjelm-Wallén on the UN’s Work for Peace and Security (September 24, 1997)
• 134. Ambassador Bill Richardson
• Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN
• Statement on Security Council Reform (July 17, 1997)
• 135. Report of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council
• 136. Ambassador Ahmad Kamal of Pakistan on a Security Council Reform Paper (June 10, 1997)
• 137. Ambassador Park Soo Gil of the Republic of Korea on Security Council Reform (June 10, 1997)
• 138. Conference Room Paper by the Bureau of the Working Group on the Security Council (May 29, 1997)
• 139. Joon Kook Hwang, Republic of Korea, on Security Council Reform (May 2-8, 1997)
• 140. Follow-Up Statement on Security Council Reform and Permanent Members
• By Deputy Permanent Representative Karen Tan of Singapore (May 9, 1997)
• 141. Do the Permanent Members Really Want Reform
• A Speech by Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan of Singapore (May 5, 1997)
• 142. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York (April 28, 1997)
• 143. Razali Reform Paper
• Paper by the Chairman of the Open-Ended Working Group (March 20, 1997)
• 144. Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York
• Ambassador Ahmad Kamal of Pakistan on Security Council Reform Consultants (March 10, 1997)
• Bibliography