Oxford Handbook on the United Nations

Foreword, UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Part I: Introduction and Origins
1: The United Nations: Continuity and Change, Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws
2: Origins of the United Nations, Justin Morris

Part II: Theoretical Frameworks
3: Political Approaches, Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore
4: Legal Perspectives, José E. Alvarez
5: Evolution in Knowledge and Norms, Leon Gordenker and Christer Jönsson

Part III: Principal Organs
6: General Assembly, M. J. Peterson
7: Security Council, Sebastian von Einsiedel and David Malone
8: Economic and Social Council, Gert Rosenthal
9: Trusteeship Council, Ralph Wilde
10: International Court of Justice, Charlotte Ku
11: Secretariat: Independence and Reform, James O. C. Jonah and Amy Scott Hill
12: Secretary-General, Edward Newman
13: Financing, Jeffrey Laurenti

Part IV: Relationships with Other Actors
14: Bretton Woods Institutions, Ngaire Woods
15: World Trade Organization, Rorden Wilkinson
16: Regional Organizations, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu
17: Formal and Informal Groups, Monica Herz
18: Nongovernmental Organizations, Mike Schroeder and Paul Wapner
19: Private Sector, Craig N. Murphy
20: Media, Barbara Crossette

Part V: International Peace and Security
21: Arms Control and Disarmament, Keith Krause
22: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Conflict Prevention, Rama Mani and Richard Ponzio
23: Peace Operations, Richard Gowan
24: Sanctions, George A. Lopez
25: Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect, Ramesh Thakur
26: Peacebuilding, Roland Paris
27: Terrorism, Jane Boulden
28: Crime and Criminal Justice, Peter Romaniuk
29: Cyber Threats, Lucas Kello

Part VI: Human Rights
30: Human Rights: Norms and Machinery, Natalie Samarasinghe
31: International Criminal Court and Ad Hoc Tribunals, Richard Goldstone
32: Humanitarian Action and Coordination, Jeff Crisp
33: Women's Rights and Gender Integration, Charlotte Bunch
34: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, Maivân Clech Lâm
35: Human Security, Christopher K. Penny

Part VII: Development
36: UN Development System, Jacques Fomerand and Dennis Dijkzeul
37: Health and Infectious Disease, Gian Luca Burci
38: Global Resource Management, Nico Schrijver
39: Climate Change, Maria Ivanova
40: Democracy and Good Governance, W. Andy Knight
41: Human Development, Richard Jolly
42: Sustainable Development Goals, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

Part VIII: Looking to the Future
43: Multilateralism and the Changing World Order, Amitav Acharya
44: Prospects for UN Renovation and Reform, Edward C. Luck
45: The UN's Role in a Changing Global Landscape, Michèle Griffin

Appendices
Suggested Further Reading
The UN System at a Glance
The Charter of the United Nations
Statute of the International Court of Justice
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Subject Index
Personal Name Index