- •Diplomatic handbook Seventh Edition
- •Longman London and New York
- •Contents
- •Chapter I
- •Introduction
- •International organisations: accreditation
- •In the absence of a full diplomatic
- •Orders of precedence
- •Precedence between heads of diplomatic
- •Individual precedence within a mission
- •Individual precedence inter se of
- •Precedence of heads of mission within the
- •Immunities
- •Inviolability and immunity of premises
- •Inviolability of records, documents,
- •Immunity from criminal jurisdiction
- •Immunity from civil and administrative
- •Inviolability of correspondence
- •Inviolability of property
- •Relating to the consular post
- •Facilities, personal privileges and immunities
- •The united nations purposes and principles
- •Purposes
- •Principles
- •The general assembly
- •The security council
- •The economic and social council
- •The trusteeship council
- •The international court of justice
- •The secretary-general and the secretariat
- •Intergovernmental agencies related
- •Food and agriculture organisation
- •International atomic energy agency
- •International civil aviation organisation
- •International fund for agricultural development
- •International labour organisation
- •International maritime organisation
- •International telecommunications union
- •The international monetary fund
- •The world bank
- •United nations development programme
- •Universal postal union
- •World health organisation
- •World intellectual property organisation
- •World meteorological organisation
- •Subsidiary organisations
- •International law commission
- •International research and training
- •Institute for the advancement of women
- •Other consultative bodies
- •United nations children’s emergency fund
- •United nations environment programme
- •United nations fund for population activities
- •United nations high commission for refugees
- •International
- •Arab league/the league of arab states
- •Asia-pacific economic cooperation
- •Bank for international settlements
- •Black sea economic cooperation
- •Caribbean regional organisations the association of caribbean states
- •Central american common market
- •Central european initiative
- •Common market for eastern and southern africa
- •The commonwealth
- •Council of europe
- •Economic cooperation organisation
- •European free trade association/ european economic area
- •Indian ocean association for regional cooperation
- •Islamic conference organisation
- •Maghreb arab union
- •North american free trade agreement
- •North atlantic treaty organisation
- •Organisation of african unity
- •Organisation of american states
- •South pacific regional organisations
- •Visegrád group
- •Western european union
- •World trade organisation
- •Chapter 9
- •International law and
- •Definition and general principles
- •Treaties and treaty-making general principles
- •Types of treaties
- •The process of treaty-making
- •The form and content of treaties
- •The validity of treaties
- •The termination of treaties
- •Diplomatic asylum
- •Voting quorums and majority requirements
- •All male/female seating plan: host/hostess and seven guests
- •Invitations
- •Introducing people
- •Visiting cards
- •International
- •Islamic festivals
- •1. The ozone layer
- •2. Global warming and the
- •3. Biodiversity
- •4. The preservation of forests
International law commission
The ILC was set up by resolution of the UN General Assembly in November 1947. The body consists of thirty-four distinguished international lawyers, who are elected by the General Assembly for a five-year period of office, and exists to encourage 'the progressive development of international law and its codification'. The members of the Commission are not government representatives but are elected on a personal basis and sit in their personal capacity as experts. The ILC conducts its sessions in Geneva.
International research and training
Institute for the advancement of women
INSTRAW was established by the General Assembly in 1985 and seeks to stimulate and assist, through research, training and the collection and exchange of information, the efforts of inter-governmental, governmental and non-governmental organisations aimed at the advancement of women in development both as participants and beneficiaries. The Institute is funded by voluntary contributions and is situated in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Other consultative bodies
Of the special committees and commissions set up by the General Assembly from time to time for specific purposes those listed above have acquired a permanent or semi-permanent nature; others, equally dependent on the General Assembly, have not become institutionalised to the same extent. In addition to those with a purely organisational or administrative function they deal with peace-keeping and security, political matters, decolonisation and questions relating to trusteeship, legal, scientific, and educational matters; they include:
Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Conciliation Commission for Palestine
Scientific Committee on the Effects of Radiation
Working Group on Direct Broadcasting Satellites
United Nations University (Tokyo)
World Food Council
UN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT AND THE
DISARMAMENT COMMISSION
The Conference on Disarmament stems from an agreement by the USA, then the USSR, France and the UK in 1959 to set up a Ten Nation Committee on Disarmament to include representatives of their four countries together with Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Poland and Romania. In 1961 it was expanded into an Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee, and again in 1969 to twenty-six members, when it was renamed the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (CCD). At the first UN Special Session on Disarmament (UNSSD) in 1978 it was increased to forty members, and its name was changed back to the Committee on Disarmament (CD). Its name was changed again to the Conference on Disarmament in 1984. The Conference meets twice a year, from February to April and from June to August, in Geneva. It is the only multilateral negotiating body of the international community as a whole in the field of disarmament.
The UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC), in contrast, is a deliberative body. It was first formed under the Security Council in 1952 with a membership of eleven states, subsequently increased to twenty- five in 1957 and then a year later it was increased to comprise all members of the UN. The UNDC did not meet from 1965 until 1979, but following its revival by the first Special Session on Disarmament substantive sessions of the UNDC are held once a year in New York.