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Admission to the United Nations : Charter Article 4 and the rise of universal organization

Presents an account of admission to the UN, from the 1950s 'logjam' through controversies like Kosovo and Taiwan. With reference to Charter law, this book considers how Article 4 came to accommodate universality and what the future of a universal organization in a world of politically diverse States might be
eBook, English, 2009
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2009
1 online resource (xxix, 332 pages) : illustrations
9789047427094, 9789004173637, 9781282601352, 9047427092, 9004173633, 1282601350
593295861
Admission under the UN Charter
The early years : implementing Article 4?
The road to universality : the admissions of 1955-6
Universality affirmed : the eclipse of substantive admission criteria
Admission after the package deal
Universality achieved : micro-states, neutral states, and the residue of empires
Consequences of admission