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As the sixty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly opens its doors, familiar issues are coming to the foreground once again: international security, human rights, and the global food crisis. This is a selection of CFR.org content on the United Nations and the issues it addresses.
Overview of the United Nations:
- Backgrounder: The Role of the UN General Assembly
- Backgrounder: The Role of the UN Secretary-General
- Timeline: UN Secretary-Generals
- Essential Document: United Nations Charter
- Issue Tracker: The Candidates on the United Nations
- Transcript: A Conversation with Asha-Rose Migiro
- Backgrounder: UN Resolutions and the Middle East
- Online Debate: The Effectiveness of the UN Security Council
- Essential Document: United Nations Millennium Declaration
International Security:
- Backgrounder: The Pitfalls of UN Nation-building
- Backgrounder: U.S. Security Agreements and Iraq
- Interview: William H. Luers on UN's Expanded Role in Iraq
- Backgrounder: UN Sanctions, A Mixed Record
- Essential Document: Security Council Resolution on Taliban and al-Qaeda Sanctions
- Backgrounder: Iran's Nuclear Program
- Video: CFR Meeting on Human Security
- Essential Document: Security Council Draft Resolution on Georgia
- Essential Document: UN Report on The Middle East, 1967-2007
- Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula
- News Brief: Ahmadinejad Spars with CFR Members
Human Rights:
- Backgrounder: The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention
- Foreign Affairs: Making Intervention Work: Improving the UN's Ability to Act
- Council Special Report: Darfur and Beyond
- Backgrounder: Structuring A Peace Process for Darfur
- Op-Ed: Beyond Words: Building Will and Capacity to Prevent More Darfurs
- Crisis Guide: Darfur
- Online Debate: Should the U.S. Support the UN's Responsibility to Protect Doctrine?
- Op-Ed: The United Nations Can Save Burma
- Op-Ed: Two Tragedies, Two Responses: Inhumane Reaction by Regime in Myanmar
- Interview: Stewart Patrick on the Dilemma of International Justice
Environment and Climate Change:
- Backgrounder: Economic Challenges for Climate Change Policy
- Essential Document: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Reform and Leadership:






