Worldly Affair

Pamela Hanlon

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For more than seven decades, New York City and the United Nations have shared the island of Manhattan, living and working together in a bond that has been likened to a long marriage-both tempestuous and supportive, quarrelsome and committed. A Worldly Affair tells the story of this hot and cold romance, from the 1940s when Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was doggedly determined to bring the new world body to New York, to the UN's flat rejection of the city's offer, then its abrupt change of course in the face of a Rockefeller gift, and on to some tense, troubling decades that followed. Racial prejudice and anti-Communist passions challenged the young international institution. Spies, scofflaw diplomats, provocative foreign visitors, and controversial UN-member policy positions tested New Yorkers' patience. And all the while, the UN's growth-from its original 51 member states to 193 by 2017-placed demands on the surrounding metropolis for everything from more office space, to more security, to better housing and schools for the international community's children. As the city worked to accommodate the world body's needs-often in the face of competition from other locales vying to host at least parts of the UN entity-New Yorkers at times grew to resent its encroachment on their neighborhoods, and at times even its very presence. It was a constituent sentiment that provoked more than one New York mayor to be less than hospitable in dealing with the city's international guests. Yet, as the UN moves into its eighth decade in New York-with its headquarters complex freshly renovated and the city proudly proclaiming that the organization adds nearly $4 billion to the New York economy each year-it seems clear the decades-old marriage will last. Whatever the inevitable spats and clashes along the way, the worldly affair is here to stay.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Diplomacy
• International studies
• Region
• 20th century
• Regional
• Diplomatie (homonymie)

Informations

• Publié par: Fordham University Press
• Date de parution: 05 septembre 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780823277971
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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A WORLDLY AFFAIR

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A WORLDLY AFFAIR NEW YORK, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE STORY BEHIND THEIR UNLIKELY BOND

PAMELA HANLON

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Pôôgué 1  Cy RébuFé 2 Uévé Śububà 3  Côŝôôà Chà 4  Rôçkéééŝ ô hé Réŝçué 5  Rŝé ô à Cyŝçàé ïçô 6  Śôôhg ôu hé Wkéŝ 7  éàg ô vé Śé by Śé 8  NéwYôk Auu 9  Tuŝŝé ôvé Tçkéŝ 10  Tô Céàé 11  Màkg à Màk

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Preface

S çé hé -1970ŝ, Éàŝ Môw Màhàà hàŝ béé y hôé. ï’ŝ à éghbôhôô ï ôgày çhôŝé béçàuŝé  wàŝ wh éàŝy wàkg ŝàçé ô y ôîçé, hé ô Pàk Avéué  hé ôéŝ. Thé àç hà hé Ué Nàôŝ’ wô héàquàéŝ wàŝ à éé bôçk ô y ààé évé ŝuçk é àŝ àçuày éàkàbé. A whé ï hà àwàyŝ béé à béévé  hé UN à ŝ éàŝ, y ééŝ  hé UN àŝ àneighborçééé ôŝy àôu hé éàŝué ô àkg à wàk  ŝ àŝçàé Nôh àw,  hôŝé àyŝ ôé ô hé ubç. Thé  hé éày 2000ŝ, y éŝéçvé ŝàé ô çhàgé. ï béçàé ôé àçvé  ôçà çôuy àFàŝ, à  2007 wôé à bôôk àbôu hé hŝôy ô Màhàà’ŝ Éàŝ Môw, hé àéà çàé Tué Bày. ï wàŝ hé hà ï bégà ô béé àéçàé hé àç hà hé éghéé àçéŝ ô éàôà à  hé çéé ô ôé ô hé wô’ŝ àgéŝ à ôŝ uçuuà çéŝ wàŝ uy uqué, à ô whôu ŝôé çôôvéŝy. A ï çàé ô éçôgzé hà hé éçàéŝ-ôg éàôŝh béwéé Néw Yôk à hé UN ŝéàkŝ vôuéŝ àbôu hé géàéŝŝ ô hé çy. Thà hé wô’ŝ hugé éàçé ôgàzàô, wh ŝ hôuŝàŝ ô éàôà wôkéŝ, ôàŝ, à vŝg ôég gàéŝ, hàŝ çàé ô ŝ buŝ- éŝŝ  hé é ô Màhàà whôu ôvéwhég évé ŝ éàby ŝuôugŝ ŝééé ô é à wôé. ï wàŝ çuôuŝ ô kôw ôé àbôu hé hŝôy ô hé bô béwéé hé wô. ï gh hàvé béé ŝàŝIé ô ŝy éà à bôôk ô hé ŝubjéç. Bu ï ôu hà ô bôôk hà béé wé hà àéŝŝéŝ hé éçàéŝ-ôg éçôéçô béwéé NéwYôk à hé UN. Śô ï bégà ô éŝéàçh

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hé bàçkgôu ô hé éàôŝh—hôw hé wô hàvé àççôôàé éàçh ôhé, bééIé éàçh ôhé, à quàéé wh éàçh ôhé. My ŝà- g ô wàŝ hé éxéŝvé ôé àçhvé ô héNew York Times, whéé à yéà-by-yéà ŝéàçh ô hé 1940ŝ ô hé éŝé ôvé géà éà ô hé évôvg çy-UN àéŝh. Wh hà, à whà ï çué ô bôgàhéŝ à éôŝ ô NéwYôk àyôŝ à UN ôîçàŝ, ï bégà ô éçé ôgéhé hé Néw Yôk–UN ŝôy. A hé ŝàé é, ï ôôké à hé ôgŝ ô hé éàôŝh à hé wô bôy’ŝ à ŝéàçh ô à héàquàéŝ ŝé.Thé Ué Nàôŝ Açhvéŝ à Réçôŝ Mààgé- é Śéçô wàŝ kéy ô hŝ, à ï ŝé ày àyŝ héé  àé 2008 à éày 2009, wh ŝôé véy éxééçé, à àé, UN àçhvŝŝ whô héé é ôé hôugh bôxéŝ ô yéôwé éôŝ à vébà éôŝ hà é é ô ôhé éŝôuçéŝ. Aé ug àŝé y NéwYôk–UN wôk ô à çôué yéàŝ whé ï wàŝ vôvé  ôhé wg ôjéçŝ, ï gô bàçk ô hé ŝôy wh à ŝéàçh ô hé àçhvé àéŝ ô hé çy’ŝ àyôŝ ŝçé hé –wééh çéuy, à ôhé çôéçôŝ, bôôkŝ, éôçàŝ, à évéwŝ. Śçé ŝ ôug, çôuéŝŝ bôôkŝ hàvé béé wé àbôu hé UN— ŝ gôàŝ, çhàégéŝ, ôgàŝ, à éàéŝh. A ŝôé hàvé çôvéé hé ôgàzàô’ŝ éày àyŝ  Néw Yôk, ŝuçh àŝA Workshop or Peaceby Géôgé A. Duéy (MïT Péŝŝ, 1994) àManhattan Projectsby Śàué Z (Oxô Uvéŝy Péŝŝ, 2010). A ôé éçé wôk,Capita o the Wordby Chàéé Méŝ (Néw Yôk Uvéŝy Péŝŝ, 2013), éŝ ô hé ŝçôéŝ ô ôçàôŝ hà çôéé ô béçôé hôé ô hé UN héàquà- éŝ, éàg u ô NéwYôk’ŝ ŝuŝg ŝééçô  àé 1946.A Wordy AfairYôk à héô hé àéŝh béwéé Néw ôôkŝ béyô hà, UN hà ôw ŝàŝ ôé hà ŝévé éçàéŝ à hé éŝ ô é Néw Yôk àyôŝ à é UN ŝéçéàéŝ gééà. ï hôé éàéŝ IA Wordy Afairbôh ôàvé à ééàg, à w ŝéé hà bééàh à ôé ôçky éàôŝh éŝ à éôôŝ ŝô éŝôuçéu à éŝé hà  hàŝ béé àbé ô hôŝ hé wô bôy ôvé héŝé àŝ ày éçàéŝ whôu ŝàçIçg ŝ ôw ŝéçà çhààçé, whé ôvg hé çuuà véŝy à çuŝvééŝŝ éŝŝéà ô à àŝ- ŝéby ô ôàŝ ŝvg ô àçhévé hé gôbà gôàŝ.