| CONTENTS |
| TO THE READERS OF "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS" |
| Nonfestive Reflections on the UN Jubilee |
| For a Better and More Peaceful World |
| The UN as Viewed from Within |
| The Evolving International Political System |
| A Source of Experience Open to All |
| WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS |
| NGOs: Reliable Ally of the United Nations |
| UN Global Plan to Fight Organised Transnational Crime |
| Does a Financial Crisis Threaten the UN? |
| Humanitarian Activities of the United Nations |
| The UN System in the Vanguard of Advancement of Women, Development and Peace |
| The International Informatisation Academy Opens UN Celebrations in the Kremlin |
| Russian Society and the UN |
| The World Is Disastrously Short of Love |
| Much Useful Work Has Been Done but Peace on the Planet Is Yet to Be Secured |
| The UN, National Processes and Local Conflicts |
| Yugoslavia and the UN: From Our Participation in Founding the Organisation to the Freezing of Our Membership in It |
| UNPROFOR: "Working in the Name of Peace" |
| The United Nations as Viewed from Japan |
| The British Ally |