United Nations and Crisis Management

Bok G. Jeong; Jungwon Yeo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_850

United Nations and Crisis Management

Bok G. Jeong, Jungwon Yeo

Public Administration

University of Central Florida

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The United Nations is an international organization, made up of its member states, and founded in 1945 as a replacement for the League of Nations after World War II. The purposes of the UN include maintaining international peace and security and achieving international cooperation in solving international problems of political, economic, social, cultural, human rights, and humanitarian issues. The United Nations (UN) has been involved in crisis management in a comprehensive range of fields and at multiple stages in disaster responses through its principal organizations and subsidiary entities including programs, funds, commissions, and specialized agencies. Crisis management cannot be defined by a single dimension or by a single UN agency’s activities because of the exigency, multiplicity, and….

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Go.
Subtitle of host publication	With 294 Figures and 229 Tables
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	6041-6048
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319209289
ISBN (Print)	9783319209272
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_850
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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Intergovernmental organizations and crisis management
International organizations and crisis management
Transnational organizations and crisis management

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