TY - BOOK AU - FOMERAND, Jacques TI - UN conferences : media events or genuine diplomacy? PY - 1996/// N2 - Highlights 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 ER -