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Council Unbound: The Growth of UN Decision Making on Conflict and Postconflict Issues After the Cold War. By Michael J Matheson. U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2006. Pp. xvi, 422. Index. $50, cloth; $16, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Michael Wood*
Affiliation:
Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge

Abstract

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Recent Books on International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2007

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References

1 As quoted on the back cover of The Un Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21ST Century (David, M. Malone ed., 2004).Google Scholar

2 It is interesting to note that in its recent admissibility decision in Behrami and Saramati, the European Court of Human Rights came to the same conclusion: “it is evident from the Preamble, Articles 1, 2 and 24 as well as Chapter VII of the Charter that the primary objective of the UN is the maintenance of international peace and security.” App. Nos. 71412/01 & 78166/01, Admissibility, para. 148 (Eur. Ct. H.R. May 31, 2007).