U.S. National Debate Topic 2004-2005: The United Nations Book

	Preface	vii
I.	Origins and Major Efforts	1
	Editor's Introduction	3
1)	United Nations	5
2)	A Step Along an Evolutionary Path: The Founding of the United Nations	15
3)	The United Nations and World History	27
4)	The U.N. Idea Revisited	39
II.	The Work of U.N. Programs and Specialized Agencies	53
	Editor's Introduction	55
1)	Major Achievements of the United Nations	57
2)	An Interview with Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund	66
3)	Earth Summit: The Planet Is at a Crucial Crossroads	70
4)	Doctor Who Pushed Health onto Global Political Agenda	72
5)	The Four "R"s of Refugees	74
III.	A History of Intervention	77
	Editor's Introduction	79
1)	Major Conflicts	81
2)	What I Learned in Bosnia	91
3)	Tolerance Breaks out in Kosovo	94
4)	Walking Softly in Afghanistan: The Future of U.N. State-Building	99
5)	What U.N. Did in East Timor--A Lesson for Iraq?	110
IV.	The U.S. and the U.N.--A Troubled Affair	113
	Editor's Introduction	115
1)	U.N. Peacekeeping in Trouble as Cost and Controversy Grow	117
2)	Out of the Loop	127
3)	Why America Still Needs the United Nations	137
4)	Right to the Brink	148
V.	Questions of Reform and the U.N.'s Future	151
	Editor's Introduction	153
1)	From World Leaders Adopt "United Nations Millennium Declaration" at Conclusion of Extraordinary Three-Day Summit	155
2)	U.N. Wants to Rule New World Order	159
3)	United Nations	165
4)	Defining a New Role for the United Nations	173
	Appendix	175
	Bibliography	181
	Books	183
	Web Sites	185
	Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts	187
	Index	193