Juergen Dedring spent more than twenty years at the United Nations, including thirteen doing analytical work directly related to the deliberations and decisions of the Security Council. Retired from the UN since 1996, he teaches political science at the City College of New York and New York University.

Introduction

1. Procedural Developments in the UN Security Council's Work in the 1990s

2. The UN Security Council Emerging from the Cold War Era

3. The Phase of the Resurgence of the UN Security Council

4. The Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories

5. The Lessons of Tajikistan and Sierra Leone

6. The UN Security Council at Work: Peacekeeping, Terrorism, and Nonproliferation

7. The UN Security Council at Work: Peace Building, Refugees, and Humanitarian Assistance

8. The UN Security Council at Work: Miscellaneous Thematic Issues

Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index