00517nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000220001724500560003926000090009552002960010458300190040020260716043344.0  aFOMERAND, Jacques  aUN conferences : media events or genuine diplomacy?  c1996  aHighlights three functions of the UN global conferences, viz: (1) information function : the creation, dissemination, and sharing of knowledge; (2) monitoring and early-warning function; and (3) normative functions.  Explains that UN global conferences must be seen in a long-term continuum.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR