"Complicity with Evil"
"Complicity with Evil"
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Summary
From the killing fields of Rwanda and Srebrenica a decade ago to those of Darfur, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide. This book examines in detail the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide.
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"Complicity with Evil" by Adam Lebor
From the killing fields of Rwanda and Srebrenica a decade ago to those of Darfur today, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide. This is evinced, LeBor maintains, in a May 1995 document from Yasushi Akashi, the most senior UN official in the field during the Yugoslav wars, in which he refused to authorize air strikes against the Serbs for fear they would 'weaken' Milosevic. More recently, in 2003, urgent reports from UN officials in the Sudan detailing atrocities from Darfur were ignored for a year because they were politically inconvenient. This book is the first to examine in detail the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide. LeBor argues the UN must return to its founding principles, take a moral stand and set the agenda of the Security Council instead of merely following the lead of the great powers. Based on dozens of first-hand interviews with UN officials, current and former, and such international statesmen and women as Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Douglas Hurd, and David Owen, this book will be much discussed as a new Secretary General is appointed.
Adam LeBor reported on the Yugoslav wars for the London Times and The Independent. He is the Central Europe Correspondent for The Times, covering the former Yugoslavia and the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He is the author of five previous books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300111712 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300111711 |
| Title | "Complicity with Evil" |
| Author | Adam Lebor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2006-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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