This annual volume brings to the public the most accurate, complete, and timely information on the work of the United Nations. Designed to serve international affairs scholars and concerned citizens alike, each volume of Issues offers a comprehensive overview of the many and disparate activities of the entire U.N. system over the course of a year, placing them in the context of ongoing events. Issues/48 looks back at an eventful 1992 and some equally eventful months in 1993. Topics in this volume include Dispute Settlement and Decolonization, Arms Control and Disarmament, Economics and Development, Global Resource Management, Human Rights and Social Issues, Legal Issues, and Finance and Administration.