Fulfilling the sacred trust : the UN campaign for international accountability for dependent territories in the era of decolonization / / Mary Ann Heiss [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Heiss Mary Ann <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Disciplina: 325.3
• Soggetto topico: Decolonization; Non-self-governing territories; Self-determination, National
• Soggetto non controllato: Decolinization, cold war, United Nations, UN general assembly, international colonial accountability; International Human Rights
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2020.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: toward international accountability for all dependent territories -- Laying the groundwork: International interest in non-self-governing territories -- Fits and starts: the contours of international accountability emerge -- Organizational foundations: the committee on information becomes operational -- Rhetoric and routine: the last vestiges of western dominance -- Taking off the gloves: new UN activism in the chapter XI territories -- Power shifts: the full-on drive for accountability -- Crossing the Rubicon: proponents of accountability take control -- Activism triumphant: achieving international colonial accountability -- Conclusion: international colonial accountability assessed.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text explores the implementation of international accountability for dependent territories under the United Nations during the early Cold War era. Although the Western nations that drafted the UN Charter saw the organization as a means of maintaining the international status quo they controlled, newly independent nations saw the UN as an instrument of decolonization and an agent of change disrupting global political norms. The book documents the unprecedented process through which these new nations came to wrest control of the United Nations from the World War II victors that founded it, allowing the UN to become a vehicle for global reform. It examines the consequences of these early changes on the global political landscape in the midst of heightened international tensions playing out in Europe, the developing world, and the UN General Assembly.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fulfilling the sacred trust
• ISBN: 1-5017-5270-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795649203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cornell scholarship online.