The United Nations : its history and the Canadians who shaped it
1995
Book
From the Back Cover: What is the United Nations? For some people, the United Nations is a huge building in New York City. For others, it's soldiers in blue helmets trying to stop people from killing one another. Some people think of huge piles of food sent to starving people when they think of the UN. Others think of kids raising money for UNICEF. The United Nations its history and the Canadians who shaped it. Inside you'll discover: what the UN is and how it started; how the UN works to keep peace around the world; what the UN does to help developing countries; how the UN fights for human rights; how Canadians have changed the UN; what the future holds for the UN.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781550742220
- 1550742221
Description: 64 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes: Includes index.
Contents:
- 1: Club For All Countries
- Big neighborhood
- Organizing the neighborhood / The General Assembly
- Security Council
- Secretary-General
- Economic and social council / The Trusteeship Council / The International Court of Justice
- Lots of committees
- United Nations headquarters
- 2: Birth Of The United Nations
- League of Nations
- Problems, problems
- New hope
- Miracle at San Francisco
- Getting organized
- Cold War
- 3: Keeping The Peace
- Stopping the end of the world / After the war
- UN as battleground
- Struggle against war
- Disarmament / World law
- Soldiers and peacekeeping
- Trying to make peace
- Places where the UN has worked for peace
- 4: Serving The Developing Nations
- Poor or "developing"?
- Colonies grow up / Challenging white power
- Decades of development
- Living with 5 billion people
- Complaints, complaints
- UN organizations that help developing countries
- 5: Your Rights
- Universal Declaration
- What the Declaration says
- Putting the Declaration in action
- Expanding human rights
- Human rights aren't easy to agree on
- Is the Declaration universal?
- 6: Does The UN Have A Future?
- Today's problems
- New expectations / Who made the mess?
- Making the UN better
- Canada needs the UN
- Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations
- Secretaries-General
- Glossary
- Index.
Control Number: 57190
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Kids Can Press, 1995.