Abstract

Voice of Humanity

The article discusses various projects and challenges faced by the international organization United Nations (UN). However, much of the serious work done by the UN has gone unrecognized because the papers report chiefly the clashes of the Security Council and General Assembly. This emphasis on discord and on the failure to produce an effective policy in a grave crisis like the Korean War has led people to think of the United Nations as almost useless. Moreover, the Genocide Convention, the Declaration of Human Rights, and various other resolutions by the UN were adopted without a dissenting vote. A well-documented book that will be useful to anyone who wants to know about the work of the UN has just been published called "International Non-Governmental Organizations," by Lyman C. White.