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United Nations and Crisis Management

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Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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Intergovernmental organizations and crisis management; International organizations and crisis management; Transnational organizations and crisis management

Definition

The United Nations is an international organization, made up of its member states, and founded in 1945 as a replacement for the League of Nations after World War II. The purposes of the UN include maintaining international peace and security and achieving international cooperation in solving international problems of political, economic, social, cultural, human rights, and humanitarian issues.

Introduction

The United Nations (UN) has been involved in crisis management in a comprehensive range of fields and at multiple stages in disaster responses through its principal organizations and subsidiary entities including programs, funds, commissions, and specialized agencies. Crisis management cannot be defined by a single dimension or by a single UN agency’s activities because of the exigency, multiplicity, and...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Public Administration, Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave, Union, NJ, 07083, USA

    Bok G. Jeong

  2. School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    Jungwon Yeo

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Jeong, B.G., Yeo, J. (2017). United Nations and Crisis Management. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_850-1

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