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The New Politics of Financing the UN

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  • © 2000

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  1. Anthony McDermott
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Business of Making Ends Meet

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 5-24

  4. Changes in Problems and Principles

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 25-39

  5. The Ways from the Beginning

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 40-54

  6. The Regular Budget — an Uncertain Capacity to Pay

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 55-75

  7. Finding and Funding the Paths to Peace

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 76-93

  8. Washington: the UN’s Dear Donor and Delinquent

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 94-116

  9. A Gallimaufry of Money-Raising Devices

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 117-131

  10. Reassessing the Budgets

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 132-149

  11. The Discomfort of the Run-in with Reform

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 150-169

  12. And Back into the New Era

    • Anthony McDermott
    Pages 170-185

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 186-213
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The UN has suffered from its earliest days as a result of persistent financial problems, which left it on the edge of apparent bankruptcy. This book looks at the history of the regular and peace-keeping budgets. It focuses on the role of the US, simultaneously the UN's biggest contributor of funds and its largest debtor. It examines possible solutions against the background today of the UN attempting to reform itself to meet the challenges posed by globalization and an increasing number of civil wars.

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...a detailed, well researched, and ultimately, very useful book... International Journal

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Anthony McDermott is Senior Researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo.

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