Article
The United Nations Year 2008/2009: The Challenge of Global Crises
Annual Review of United Nations Affairs, 2008/2009
(2010)
Abstract
The authors briefly discuss topics such as the global financial crisis, the continuing food crisis, the Gaza conflict, the spread of terrorism and the humanitarian crisis of the displacement of people in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. They outline the activities of the General Assembly, the Secretariat, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). They recap conferences and high level meetings that deal with the lack of progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and problems facing the creation of a treaty on climate change in Copenhagen. The article provides an overview of peacebuilding missions, namely the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUCO), the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), the United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
Publication Date
2010
Citation Information
Joachim W. Mueller and Karl P. Sauvant, “The United Nations Year 2008/2009: The Challenge of Global Crises,” in Joachim W. Mueller and Karl P. Sauvant, eds., Annual Review of United Nations Affairs, 2008/2009 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. xiii-xxix.