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BLOC POLITICS ¡n the UNITED NATIONS BLOC POLITICS in the UNITED NATIONS THOMAS HOVET, JR. HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 1960 © Copyright, 1960, by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Distributed in Great Britain by Oxford University Press, London Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60-7993 Printed in the United States of America TO ERICA CONTENTS Foreword by Lincoln P. Bloomfield xix I History and Method 1 II An Over-all View of Blocs and Groups 29 Blocs, 30 Caucusing Groups, 31 Geographical Distribution Groups, 32 Regional Groups, 38 Common Interest Groups, 44 Temporary Groups, 45 III Blocs and Groups Examined Individually 47 The Soviet Caucusing Bloc, 47 The Arab Caucusing Group, 56 The Latin American Caucusing Group, 64 The Commonwealth Caucusing Group, 69 The Scandinavian Caucusing Group, 73 The Benelux Caucusing Group, 76 The Asian-African Caucusing Group, 78 The Western European Caucusing Group, 91 The African Caucusing Group, 93 Geographical Distribution Groups, 95 Regional Groups, 96 Common Interest Groups, 101 IV Bloc and Group Coalitions 102 Relationship of Groups to the Assembly Majority, 102 Group Relationships to the Assembly Majority According to Categories of Issues, 106 V Some Policy Implications 112 Charts 123 Index 195 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book was initially prepared as a paper for the United Nations Project of The Center for International Studies, Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. I am especially grateful to Dr. Lin- coln P. Bloomfield, director of the project, whose confidence and patience made it possible for me to undertake the study. Particular thanks are due Mr. Richard W. Hatch, Editor-in-Chief at the Cen- ter, whose editorial guidance was invaluable. Thanks also to Pro- fessor Joseph Tanenhaus of New York University who was extremely helpful in formulating my ideas on the methodology of the study. My initial interest in the study of international organization in general, and the United Nations, in particular, was influenced by Professor Linden A. Mander of the University of Washington and the late Professor Clyde Eagleton of New York University who gave me the basis of preparation for study in this field. Actually many of the ideas in this study are the result of a continuing interest and research about the General Assembly over a period of years. I was stimulated in my interest in this area when I worked with the International Studies Group of the Brookings Institution on their United Nations Project. My interest has been given con- tinuous encouragement by Professor Waldo Chamberlin, who was my professor in graduate school and my supervisor with the Brookings Institution, and who is my colleague at New York Uni- versity. To Professor Chamberlin I owe a debt for inspiration, guid- ance, and consultation which I can never repay. In the past my re- search on blocs in the United Nations has been helped by a grant from the faculty research fund of the Graduate School of Arts and Science of New York University. Throughout the years the assistance of the staff and facilities of the United Nations Documents Collec- tion of New York University Library have helped my research. Lastly, none of my research and interest in this subject would have viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS been realistic except for the help and assistance given by the many individuals in Delegations to the United Nations, as well as mem- bers of the U.N. Secretariat, who have to remain anonymous by their request. Naturally any faults in the study are entirely my re- sponsibility and should in no way reflect upon any of the persons mentioned above. 16 October 1959 THOMAS HOVET, JR. New York, N.Y.
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