Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Manuel Fröhlich and Abiodun Williams -- 1. Trygve Lie, 1946-1953 / Ellen Jenny Ravndal -- 2. Dag Hammarskjöld, 1953-1961 / Manuel Fröhlich -- 3. U Thant, 1961-1971 / Bernard J. Firestone -- 4. Kurt Waldheim, 1972-1981 / Kent J. Kille -- 5. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 1982-1991 / Álvaro de Soto -- 6. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992-1996 / Adekeye Adebajo -- 7. Kofi Annan, 1997-2006 / Abiodun Williams -- 8. Ban Ki-moon, 2007-2016 / Richard Gowan -- 9. Conclusion / Manuel Fröhlich and Abiodun Williams -- Annex 1: Note on the election and distribution of the non-permanent members of the Security Council / Tom Buitelaar and Sam Daws -- Annex 2: List of Security Council membership and representatives, 1946-2016.

This volume fills an important lacuna in the scholarship on the UN system. Although there exists today an impressive body of literature on the development and significance of the Secretariat and the Security Council as separate organs, an important gap remains in our understanding of the interactions between them. Bringing together some of the most prominent authorities on the subject, this volume is the first book-length treatment of this topic. It studies the UN from an innovative angle, creating new insights on the (autonomous) policy-making of international organizations, and adds to our understanding of the dynamics of intra-organizational relationships.--