
The United Nations has tried to solve many of the world's most pressing problems through its global conferences. This book examines the history, organization and politics of these conferences and assesses their successes and failures.

This new book covers the origins purposes, trends and controversies of the United Nations' global conferences. There are 30 such conferences to compare, and many argue that they have not been worth the money spent on them. Others, however, suggest that they offer the only effective...