The New Politics of Financing the UN [Hardcover]

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.List of Figures Acronyms Introduction The Business of Making Ends Meet Changes in Problems and Principles The Ways from the Beginning The Regular Budget - An Uncertain Capacity to Pay Finding and Funding the Paths to Peace Washington: the UN's Dear Donor and Delinquent A Gallimaufry of Money-raising Devices Reassessing the Budgets The Discomfort of the Run-in with Reform And Back into the New Era Notes Index

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