Ideas and concepts have been a driving force in human progress, and they may be the most important legacy of the United Nations. UN ideas have set past, present

Interviewed by the authors, Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and 71 other UN professionals speak about international cooperation and the ideas that have shaped

A collection of 175 ideas which have changed the world are presented in this volume - from time to evolution, and anarchy to Zen. Using illustrations to bring t

The UN and Development provides the first comprehensive overview of the development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s to

In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government as such doe