THE SOUTH SHAPING THE GLOBAL FUTURE: Six Decades of the South-North Development Struggle in the UN (Paperback)

By Branislav Gosovic

This monograph offers a broad overview of a continuing South-North development encounter in the United Nations. It is especially intended for the students of the subject and for all who have little opportunity to gain knowledge of the essence of the developing countries’ decades-long collective efforts in the international arena vis-à-vis the tenacious North-dominated hegemonic world order, one deeply rooted in the age of colonialism and imperialism. This background knowledge and awareness is required in the Global South’s continued struggle for development, for the protection of the developing countries’ political and economic sovereignty, and for their efforts in the United Nations for democratization, equity and change in international political and economic relations.

Branislav Gosovic, from Yugoslavia, holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. As a UN career official, starting in 1971, he worked in UNCTAD, UNEP and ECLAC, and, from 1985, on secondment in the World Commission on Environment and Development, then the South Commission, and finally the South Centre, from 1991-2006. His first monograph on South-North affairs dates back to 1968. It is based on UNCTAD II, held in New Delhi, which the author attended, an experience that led to his lifelong attachment to India and its people. He is the author of several books and of articles on development, environment-development, South-North relations, South-South cooperation, the United Nations, and Yugoslavia.

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