Includes bibliographical references and index.

Solving a messy business at the UN : a little known Singapore initiative / S Jayakumar -- Singapore and the Security Council / Kishore Mahbubani -- The UN at the end of the cold war / Chan Heng Chee -- This ain't Kansas, Toto : some personal and eccentric reflections on the UN / Bilahari Kausikan -- A history of the forum of small states / Chew Tai Soo -- Singapore and the Global Governance Group (3G) / Vanu Gopala Menon -- Small states at the United Nations / Albert Chua -- World toilet day / Karen Tan -- Singapore's role in multilateral trade negotiations / See Chak Mun -- Singapore and the World Trade Organization / K Kesevapany -- Who owns the UN? / Tan York Chor -- Merits of multilateralism / Burhan Gafoor -- WTO : keep the faith / Kwok Fook Seng -- Doing stuff; doing good / Foo Kok Jwee -- Singapore's contribution to the WTO dispute mechanism : reflections of a Singapore negotiator / Margaret Liang -- The Singapore-IAEA story / Chin Siew Fei -- Singapore and ICAO / The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore -- The world's first independent war crimes court : reminiscenes and reflections / Amarjeet Singh -- Singapore and the International Labour Organisation / Halimah Yacob -- Singapore and the IMF / Chia Der Jiun -- Singapore in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) / Mary Seet-Cheng -- Singapore and the International Telecommunication Union, 1965-2015 / Leong Keng Thai -- Singapore and UNCITRAL / Jeffrey Wah Teck Chan, SC -- Singapore and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) : working with the global environment steward / Hazri Hassan and Miak Aw Hui Min -- More than a garden : Singapore's bid to list the Singapore Botanic Gardens as a UNESCO world heritage site / Jean Wee -- Helping the refugees of the world / Janet Lim -- Singapore's rise to prosperity, and its evolving relationship with the World Bank Group / Janamitra Devan -- Infodev@world bank : alleviating poverty through sustainable businesses / Valerie D'Costa -- Sharing Singapore's achievements in education with Africa / Tan Jee Peng -- Little red specks in the United Nations / Andrew Toh -- Global health in action : from Singapore to Indonesia and Geneva / Vernon Lee -- A sojourn in diplomacy : working with the WHO in Geneva / David Ho -- Intellectual property and Singapore : a model of cooperation with a United Nations institution / Geoffrey Yu -- Monitoring and predicting weather and climate : the Singapore-WMO story / The Meteorological Service Singapore -- The SAF and UN peace operation / The Singapore Armed Forces -- Policing in a foreign land / Singapore Police Force -- Advancing global statistical and geospatial information : contributions of the United Nations and Singapore / Paul Cheung -- "Saving humanity from Hell" : a personal perspective from UNHQ / Chew Beng Yong -- Financial administration at the UN : an insight into the United Nations Secretariat (1972-2005) / Cecil K.Y. Ee -- My UNDP story / Shirin Hamid -- A United Nations-Singapore story : the courage to transform / Noeleen Heyzer -- The United Nations and social development / Thelma Kay -- My experiences with the United Nations sanctions system / Christine Lee -- Navigating the (UN) United Nations / Dileep Nair -- The United Nations : a personal experience / Yeo Bock Cheng.