International Organizations : A Dictionary and Directory Book

This standard resource is a comprehensive guide exclusively devoted to international organizations and major consultation forums, at the subregional, regional and interregional levels, stressing their changing role in the era of globalization. The book gives, in the form of a dictionary, an up-to-date and impartial account of the vast majority of UN and non-UN agencies, providing information and analysis not readily available elsewhere. Treatment is not confined to institutional aspects but includes a balanced assessment of the problems and prospects of each agency.

This third edition is a comprehensive and useful guide, valuable for both specialists and non-specialists, to the ever-expanding field of international organizations. It provides an in-depth and unbiased treatment of the vast majority of intergovernmental institutions serving political, military, economic and social purposes.