Preventive diplomacy at the UN

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series editors' foreword / by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss -- Foreword / by Leon Gordenker -- Preface and acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Secretaries-General on preventive diplomacy -- Introduction -- Preventive diplomacy in the concert of Europe, the Hague Peace Conferences, the League of Nations, and the UN Charter -- UN policies and doctrines of preventive diplomacy -- The practice of preventive diplomacy by the Security Council -- The practice of preventive diplomacy by the Secretaries-General -- Preventive diplomacy during the Cuban missile crisis -- The practice of preventive diplomacy by representatives of the Secretary-General and UN subregional offices -- The preventive role of UN peacekeepers and observers -- Preventive diplomacy in the economic, social, human rights, and humanitarian fields -- Preventive diplomacy in an age of genocide, terrorism, and nontraditional threats to security -- Cooperative preventive diplomacy with regional and subregional organizations -- Conclusion: some thoughts for the future -- Notes -- Index.