Yearbook of the United Nations 1992, vol. 46.Department of Public Information United Nations, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , 1993 Martinu Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1277 pp. $150. Sales No. E.91.1.1 ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-7923-2583-4 In his 1992 report on the work of the organization, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said: "Never before in its history has the United Nations been so action-oriented, so actively engaged and so widely expected to respond to needs both immediate and pervasive." The 1992 Yearbook affirms this judgement in well-crafted chronicles detailing the UN's complex affairs. Organized and indexed for thorough reference, the Yearbook gives the researcher ready access to events and issues such as the "Earth Summit", "An Agenda for Peace", the chemical weapons convention Noun 1. Chemical Weapons Convention - a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons , Salvadorian peace negotiations, the Iraq-Kuwait situation, and the armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (bŏz`nēə, hĕrtsəgōvē`nə), Serbo-Croatian Bosna i Hercegovina, country (2005 est. pop. 4,025,000), 19,741 sq mi (51,129 sq km), on the Balkan peninsula, S Europe. . With the world in flux, the Yearbook remains irreplaceable. |
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