Samyukta Rashtra evm Vaishvik Sangharsh is a core/text book for the BA (Hons) Political Science courses of Delhi University. This is a generic elective (interdisciplinary) paper for first four semesters of CBCS UG course.
It will also cater to the Political science course of School of Open Learning. It also covers some parts of the syllabus on the United Nations for Civil serices courses.
This book is a detailed account of the organizational structure and the political process of the UN, and how it has evolved since 1945, especially in terms of dealing with the major global conflicts.
The Book is divided into five parts:
I.The United Nations
(a) An Historical Overview of the United Nations;
(b) Principles and Objectives;
(c) Structures and Functions: General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council; the International Court of Justice and the specialized agencies
(d) Peace Keeping, Peace Making and Enforcement, Peace Building and Responsibility to Protect;
(e) Millennium Development Goals.
II. Major Global Conflicts since the Second World War:
(a) Korean War
(b) Vietnam War
(c) Afghanistan Wars
(d) Balkans: Serbia and Bosnia. It also covers Assessment of the United Nations as an International Organization: Imperatives of Reforms and the Process of Reforms.
III.Social and Economic Issues: Human rights, Women’s rights, Global Environment, Peace and Development, UN and the third world countries.
IV. Assessment of the UN.
V. Appendix: UN Charter, Universal declaration of Human rights, International Court of Justice, Independence of colonies, Peace Keeping Missions.
This book provides UN charter both in Hindi and English, as ready reference for students and reader to consult.