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Title: |
United Nations |
| Sub-title: |
International Agreements & Efforts |
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| Edited by: |
Kathryn G McGowan |
| ISBN10-13: |
1612096174 : 9781612096179 |
| Illustrations: |
tables, charts |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
201 |
| Weight: |
.608 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - August 2011 |
| List Price: |
185.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
International relations : USA |
| This book examines the international agreements and efforts of the United Nations. Some other topics discussed in this compilation include: U.N. efforts to address violence and discrimination against women; the U.N. convention on the rights of children; background and funding debate on the U.N. Population Fund; an overview and application of interrogation techniques under the U.N. convention against torture; living resources provisions under the Law of the Sea and the 2010 U.N. high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goal agreement. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; A New United Nations Entity for Women: Issues for Congress; United Nations System Efforts to Address Violence Against Women; The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Issues in the U.S. Ratification Debate; The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Background & Policy Issues; The U.N. Population Fund: Background & the U.S. Funding Debate; U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview & Application to Interrogation Techniques; The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens; U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions; The Millennium Development Goals: The September 2010 U.N. High-Level Meeting; Index. |