Admission to the United Nations: Charter Article 4 and the Rise of Universal Organization

By: Grant, Thomas D.

The United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. Eventually, however, the UN came to approximate a universal organization - i.e., open to and aspiring to include all States. This presents a legal question, for Article 4 of the Charter contains substantive criteria to limit admission of States to the UN and no formal amendment has touched that part of the Charter. This book gives an up-to-date account of admission to the UN, from the 1950s 'logjam' through on-going controversies like Kosovo and Taiwan. With reference to Charter law, the book considers how Article 4 came to accommodate universality and what the future of a universal organization in a world of politically diverse States might be.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004173633
• ISBN13: 9789004173637
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"