This new book covers the origins purposes trends and controversies of theUnited Nations global conferences. There are 30 such conferences to compareand many arg... » 

This new book covers the origins purposes trends and controversies of theUnited Nations global conferences. There are 30 such conferences to compareand many argue that they have not been worth the money spent on them. Othershowever suggest that they offer the only effective way to address globalproblems like racism sexism overpopulation environmental degradationoverfishing urbanization and the proliferation of small arms. This is thefirst comprehensive study of this key topic delivering information essentialto the ongoing debate on multilateralism with examinations of the typicalstructure of a conference description of the Global Conferences substantiveand institutional outcomes of the conferences changes resulting from theconferences UN Conferences as mechanisms for coping with the problems of the21st Century This book is essential reading for students of the United Nationsinternational organisation and global governance as well as practitioners fromnongovernmental organizations. «