CONTENTS: Foreword Preface 1. Politicisation of Human Rights 2. Climate Change: The Biggest Humanitarian Crisis 3. UN’s 75th Anniversary 4. Civilisation vs the Clash of Civilisations 5. Global Citizenship and the Essence of Education 6. The Peoples of the United Nations 7. UN Day: Time for Introspection 8. UN: Crises of Expectations 9. Reforming the United Nations 10. Civil Society and its Impact on the UN 11. Conflict around Responsibility to Protect 12. Global Action to Address Climate Change 13. UN’s Role in International Peace and Development 14. Restructuring the UN 15. UN in a Changing World Economic Order 16. Culture of Peace and Tolerance 17. UN at 60: Time for India to Project its Own Interests 18. UN in a Multipolar World 19. Time to Reform Policies of Major Countries 20. UN: 100 Popular Q&As (Preface to the Second Edition, 2005) 21. United Nations and Civil Society 22. International Year for a Culture of Peace 23. WFUNA: A Millennium Role 24. Creating an Independent NGO Network: Report on the 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs, October 10-15, 1999 25. The NGO within the UN System 26. UN at 50 27. UN and the Diversity Efficiency 28. UN and the Art of Creating Peace 29. Democratising the UN 30. Why a New World Information Order Afterword About the Author Index