Includes bibliographical references and index.

Like-minded nations, NGOs, and the changing pattern of diplomacy within the UN system : an introductory perspective / Andrew F. Cooper -- The future of the UN Security Council : questions of legitimacy and representation in multilateral governance / W. Andy Knight -- The new diplomacy at the United Nations : how substantive? / David Malone -- Why is the USA not a like-minded country? : some structural notes and historical considerations / James Reed -- Global civil society and the Ottawa process : lessons from the movement to ban anti-personnel mines / Maxwell A. Cameron -- The United Nations, NGOs, and the land-mines initiative : an Australian perspective / William Maley -- Harnessing social power : state diplomacy and the land-mines issue / Iver B. Neumann -- Peace, justice, and politics : the International Criminal Court, "new diplomacy", and the UN system / Alistair D. Edgar -- Between counter-hegemony and post-hegemony : the Rome Statute and normative innovation in world politics / Philip Nel -- Industry regulation and self-regulation : the case of labour standards / Virginia Haufler -- Negotiating a code of conduct : a Canadian experience / John English -- Doing the business? : the International Chamber of Commerce, the United Nations, and the Global Compact / Brian Hocking and Dominic Kelly -- Codes of conduct and children in armed conflicts / Deirdre Van der Merwe and Mark Malan -- Smarter, sharper, stronger? : UN sanctions and conflict diamonds in Angola / Kim Richard Nossal -- Security in the new millennium / Ramesh Thakur.