Introduction : the UN's roles in international society since 1945 / Adam Roberts, Benedict Kingsbury -- The historical development of the UN's role in international security / Michael Howard -- The UN and international security after the cold war / Brian Urquhart -- The UN and the national interests of states / Anthony Parsons -- The role of the UN secretary-general / Javier Perez de Cuellar -- The good offices function of the UN secretary-general / Thomas M. Franck, Georg Nolte -- UN peacekeeping and election-monitoring / Sally Morphet -- The UN and human rights : at the end of the beginning / Tom J. Farer, Felice Gaer -- The UN and the problem of economic development / Kenneth Dadzie -- The UN and the environment / Patricia Birnie -- The UN and the development of international law / Nagendra Singh -- The historical development of efforts to reform the UN / Maurice Bertrand -- The structure of the UN in the post-cold war period / Peter Wilenski.