UNITAR

MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY /LA DIPLOMATIE MULTILATÉRALE

THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AT GENEVA /LE SYSTÈME DES NATIONS UNIES À GENÈVE

A WORKING GUIDE / GUIDE DE TRAVAIL

Edited by

MA. Boisard and E.M. Chossudovsky

Second revised édition byJacques Lemoine

KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONALTHE HAGUE / LONDON / BOSTON

Contents

Table des matières

PréfaceLe Secrétaire général des Nations Unies ix

Introduction

Marcel A. Boisard xi

Contributors/ Auteurs xiii

List of Abbreviations xvii

Parti

The BackgroundThe concept and évolution of international organization: a synthesis,

Georges Abi-Saab 3International conférence diplomacy: a conspectus,

Volker Rittberger 15Une vision prospective de la coopération internationale à Genève,

Walter B. Gyger 29

TheWorking EnvironmentL'évolution du phénomène des missions permanentes à Genève,

Victor-Yves Ghebali 39The rôle, organization and work of a permanent mission in Geneva,

Agnes Y. Aggrey-Orleans 47The international civil servant,

WitoldZyss 53Report on standards of conduct in the International Civil Service (1954),

ICSAB 71The United Nations Common System,

Roger Eggleston 89Le rôle des organisations non-gouvernementales dans lacoopération internationale,

Ray monde Martineau 99

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Conférence Management and DocumentationHow to think and act internationally,

Brock Chisholm 107Preparing for a meeting: some practical advice to diplomats,

Appiah Pathmarajah 113Procédures of multilatéral conférence diplomacy,

Erik Chrispeels 119L'information spécialisée dans les bibliothèques des Nations Unies:nouveau rôle, nouvelles perspectives,

Pierre Pelou 137The making of a United Nations meeting,

Anthony F Lydon 149From the interpreters' booth - Conférence speaking in relation tointerprétation,

Peers Carter 161Further working suggestions by interpreters,

Susan Draz-Wolstencraft and Alain Garnier 165From the translators' workshop,

D. Hywell Davies 169

Multilatéral diplomacy and negotiationsNégocier à Genève: charme et défi,

Stéphane Hessel 171How to negotiate?,

Janos Nyerges 175Benchmarks for newcomers,

Anne Winslow 181The group System,

Awni Behnam 193Rôle et signification du consensus dans le processus législatifdes Nations Unies,

ErikSuy 205Diplomacy for development,

Diego Cordovez 219Some practical aspects of United Nations decision-making,tactics and interaction between delegates,

Johan Kaufmann 231De la coordination comme instrument essentiel de la négociationmultilatérale intergouvernementale,

Jean-Pierre Vettovaglia 247

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Part II

The United Nations System at GenevaThe United Nations System: a Geneva Perspective,

Jacques Lemoine 259The United Nations Office at Geneva,

Vladimir Petrovsky 271United Nations efforts in the field of disarmament,

Abdelkader Bensmail 283United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:

Challenges and OpportunitiesJosé Ayala-Lasso 293

ECE and the "New European Architecture",Yves Berthelot 307

The work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,Préface by Sadako Ogata 313

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR),Sverre Lodgaard 327

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR),Nassrine Azimi 333

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD),Dharam Ghai 345

The International Labour Organizationcontributed by the ILO secrétariat 349

L'organisation mondiale de la santé,Yves Beigbeder 353

The International Télécommunication Unioncontributed by the ITUsecrétariat 365

The World Meteorological Organizationcontributed by the WMO secrétariat 367

The World Intellectual Property Organizationcontributed by the WIPO secrétariat 375

World Trade Organizationcontributed by the WTO secrétariat 387

International Trade Régimes in Retrospect,Jacques Lemoine 397

Part III

Protocole, privilèges et immunitésGuidelines on Diplomatie Practice in Geneva/Guide de la pratiquediplomatique à Genève,

Chef du Protocole, UNOG 419The rationale of diplomatie privilèges and immunities,

Peter Neumann 423

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Le régime des privilèges et immunités applicable aux organisationsinternationales en Suisse et aux délégations permanentes étrangèresà Genève,

Amadeo Perez 433Convention on the Privilèges and Immunities of the United Nations,adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on13 February 1946 497