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Christensen, Kathy, Ed. – 1987
The financial crisis of the United Nations precipitated by the withholding of funds by member countries is addressed. On December 19, 1986, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution (GA/Res/41/213) containing the elements of a plan for reforming a wide range of United Nations administrative and budgetary practices. The reform process had begun…
Descriptors: Budgets, Higher Education, International Organizations, International Relations
Maas, Jeanette P., Ed.; Stewart, Robert A. C., Ed. – 1986
This book is a review of the 1986 United Nations International Year of Peace conducted at an international conference in Fiji. The theme of the conference was "People Create Alternatives," and the issues of conflict resolution and avoiding global destruction were addressed. Specific topics discussed were: (1) "Theories and…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Disarmament, International Cooperation, International Organizations
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Coll. of Agricultural and Life Sciences. – 1983
Papers presented at a symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Rural Sociology of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are collected in this volume. The first four papers--by Olaf Larson, Edward Moe, Daryl Hobbs, and Robert Gard--discuss the department's history, emphasizing the contributions of outstanding…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Futures (of Society), Higher Education