Dramatic changes in the world order since 1992 ‎- the continuing struggle in the former Yugoslavia‎,‎ the creation of the World Trade Organization‎,‎ the tentative steps towards European Union ‎- have led to major revisions of Professor Schiavone‎'‎s International Organizations‎.‎ New entries‎,‎ including the G‎-7‎,‎ G‎-24‎,‎ and the International Committee of the Red Cross‎,‎ have been added‎.‎ On the fiftieth anniversary of the UN special annexes on pea ce‎-keeping agencies and major resolutions are now included‎.‎ Format and content have been significantly expanded‎;‎ the main body of the book now contains the full 200 entries arranged alphabetically‎,‎ and divided under subheadings‎,‎ almost doubling in size‎.‎ The introductory essay contains an overall view of the basic features of the law of international organizations and a survey of their historical development and outstanding problems‎,‎ helping the reader to set the organizations in their proper context‎,‎ be it global or sectional‎.‎ The main body of the book consists of alphabetically arranged entries for over 200 organizations ‎- from the UN to specialised agencies and regional bodies in Europe‎,‎ the Americas‎,‎ the Middle East‎,‎ Africa‎,‎ Asia and the Pacific‎.‎ Each entry is broken up into sub‎-headings such as Purpose‎,‎ Structure‎,‎ Origin and Development‎,‎ and Activities‎.‎ Specific data concerning addresses‎,‎ principal officers‎,‎ main periodic publications and a short list of works of reference are provided with each entry‎.‎ Ease of access to all entries is expedited by an index of acronyms and full names‎.‎ Membership charts‎,‎ a table of foundation dates and a classified index complete the volume‎.‎