A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations

Author: Volger, Helmut, ed.
Publication details: New York: Kluwer Law International, 2002.

According to “Introduction to Research in International Law”(see Further Reading) this dictionary of international law is an English edition of the German “Lexikon der Vereinten Nationen”and provides “concise and comprehensive information not only about the structure of the UN system, its goals and functions, but about recent developments and reform efforts in the face of global opportunities and challenges. The contributing authors are academic scholars of international law, economics and political sciences; active and former diplomats and UN officials; journalists and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and offer
a variety of interesting perspectives. The entries are provided with Internet addresses for further information and are supplemented in the annex with a trilingual list (English-French-German) of the most important institutions and items of the official terminology and a list of information facilities concerning the UN.”

Contents of the Encyclopedia

• Africa (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Agenda for Development (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Agenda for Peace (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Aggression (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Budget (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Charter of the United Nations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Collective Security (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Committees (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Common Heritage of Mankind (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Control Mechanisms (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations System (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Commission on Sustainable Development (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Decolonization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Democratization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Depository Libraries (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Germany (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Development Cooperation (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Development (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Disarmament (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Documentation System (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Economic Commissions (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Economic and Social Council (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Electoral Assistance (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Enemy State Clauses (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Environmental Law (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Environmental Protection (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Financial Crises (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• General Assembly (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Geneva Group (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• German Translation Section (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Globalization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Group of 77 (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Groups (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• History of the United Nations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Host State Agreements (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Human Development Reports (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Human Rights (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Commission on Human Rights (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Protection of Human Rights (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Human Rights Committee (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Human Rights Conventions (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Humanitarian Assistance (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Humanitarian Law (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Criminal Court (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Court of Justice (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Law Commission (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Labour Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Monetary Fund (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Maritime Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Independent Commissions (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Economic Relations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Organizations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Intervention (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Telecommunication Union (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Languages (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Languages (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Law of the Sea (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• League of Nations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Representation of States (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Protection of Minorities (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Non-Governmental Organizations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Non-Aligned Movement (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• North-South Relations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Observers (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Observer Status (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Peace (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Peacekeeping (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Peacekeeping Operations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Permanent Missions (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Personnel (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Preventive Diplomacy (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Treaty Bodies (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Public Information (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Public Opinion (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Reform (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Regional Groups (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Regionalization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Rules of Procedure (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Sanctions (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Secretariat (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Secretary-General (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Security Council (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Self-Determination (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Sovereignty (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Space Law (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Specialized Agencies (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Stamps (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Terminology (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• International Law of Trade (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Trusteeship Council (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Center for Human Settlements (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Civilian Police (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Development Programme (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Environment Programme (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Population Fund (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Guards (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Children’s Fund (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Uniting for Peace Resolution (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Treaty Series (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations University (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• United Nations Volunteers (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Universal Postal Union (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Use of Force (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Veto (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Voting Right (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Food Council (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Food Programme (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Federation of United Nations Associations (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Health Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Meteorological Organization (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• Women (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Bank (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Conferences (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)
• World Reports (in the Encyclopedia of the United Nations)

• Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia, 1914
• International Law: A Dictionary
• Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals
• Encyclopedia of Public International Law
• Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
• Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
• Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law
• List of Legal Encyclopedias
• List of Legal Dictionaries

• Introduction to Research in International Law, Research Guide,University of Southern California Libraries, available at https://www.usc.edu/libraries/locations/vkc/history/documents/INTLAWB.pdf

Author: international

Mentioned in these Entries

Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia, 1914, Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals, International Law: A Dictionary, List of Legal Dictionaries, List of Legal Encyclopedias, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary, Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law.