The UN secretary-general and moral authority : ethics and religion in international leadership /
Once described by Trygve Lie as the most impossible job on earth, the position of UN Secretary-General is as frustratingly constrained as it is prestigious. The Secretary-General's ability to influence global affairs often depends on how the international community regards his moral authority....
| Други автори: | Kille, Kent J. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
℗♭2007.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=217188 |
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UN secretary-general and moral authority. |
| Резюме: |
Once described by Trygve Lie as the most impossible job on earth, the position of UN Secretary-General is as frustratingly constrained as it is prestigious. The Secretary-General's ability to influence global affairs often depends on how the international community regards his moral authority. In relation to such moral authority, past office-holders have drawn on their own ethics and religious backgroundsuas diverse as Lutheranism, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Coptic Christianityuto guide the role that they played in addressing the UN's goals in the international arena, such as the maintenance o. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 370 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781435627420 1435627423 9781589014732 1589014731 |