This annual volume contains information on the work of the United Nations. Designed to serve international affairs scholars and concerned citizens alike, each volume offers an overview of the main and disparate activities of the entire UN system over the course of a year, placing them in the context of ongoing events. This volume looks back at an eventful 1992 and some equally eventful months in 1993. Topics in this volume include: dispute settlement and decolonisation; arms control and disarmament; economics and development; global resource management; human rights and social issues; legal issues; and finance and administration.