United Nations : international agreements and efforts / Kathryn G. McGowan, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A New United Nations Entity for Women: Issues for Congress, pp. 1-22 / Luisa Blanchfield -- United Nations System Efforts to Address Violence Against Women, pp. 23-41 / Luisa Blanchfield -- The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Issues in the U.S. Ratification Debate, pp. 43-67 / Luisa Blanchfield -- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Background and Policy Issues, pp. 69-87 / Luisa Blanchfield -- The U.N. Population Fund: Background and the U.S. Funding Debate, pp. 89-117 -- Luisa Blanchfield -- U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques, pp. 119-141 / Michael John Garcia -- The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens, pp. 143-158 / Michael John Garcia -- U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions, pp. 159-170 / Eugene H. Buck -- The Millennium Development Goals: The September 2010 U.N. High-Level Meeting, pp. 171-191 / Luisa Blanchfield, Marian Leonardo Lawson