When an institution like the United Nations (UN), is well into the sixth decade of its existence, there is little point any longer in being concerned with 'for' or 'against' questions. A necessary institution, the UN has survived in our tumultuous world since it has managed to change with times. Its usefulness depends, to a very large extent, in its capacity to change still further. This book is an attempt to look at the UN as a political institution which has a ...