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Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures, by Heidi Postlewait, and Andrew Thomson, is a 2004 memoir of three young people who join the United Nations (UN) during the 1990s. It recounts the authors' experiences during the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and UN peacekeeping operations. The book is critical of some aspects of the United Nations and its operations. Figures within the UN, including Shashi Tharoor and Kofi Annan, criticised the authors for releasing the book. It was adapted into a 2007 stage play.

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  • Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures (de)
  • Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures (en)
  • Il faut sauver la planète ! (fr)
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  • Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures, by Heidi Postlewait, and Andrew Thomson, is a 2004 memoir of three young people who join the United Nations (UN) during the 1990s. It recounts the authors' experiences during the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and UN peacekeeping operations. The book is critical of some aspects of the United Nations and its operations. Figures within the UN, including Shashi Tharoor and Kofi Annan, criticised the authors for releasing the book. It was adapted into a 2007 stage play. (en)
  • Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures ist ein Enthüllungsbuch der drei ehemaligen UNO-Mitarbeiter , und Doktor . Die drei Autoren waren über einen Zeitraum von zwölf Jahren im Auftrag der UN weltweit in Krisenregionen tätig. Das Buch wurde im Juni 2004 veröffentlicht, obwohl die UN-Führung zwei Autoren im Falle der Publikation mit Entlassung gedroht hatte. (de)
  • Il faut sauver la planète ! Trois idéalistes dans l'enfer de l'humanitaire (Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures) est un récit de , (en) et Andrew Thomson paru en 2004. Mémoires de trois jeunes personnes (deux Américains et un Néo-zélandais) qui rejoignent les Nations unies lors de l'intervention au Cambodge en 1990. Par la suite, elles iront en Haïti, en Somalie, en Bosnie, au Rwanda et au Libéria où elles confronteront leur(s) idéalisme(s) à la dure réalité de l'action humanitaire. (fr)
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  • Brutal and moving in equal measure, Emergency Sex explores pressing global issues while never losing a sense of the personal. Deeply critical of the West's indifference to developing countries and the UN's repeated failure to intervene decisively, the book provoked massive controversy on its initial publication. Kofi Annan called for the book to be banned, and debate was sparked about the future direction of the UN. Brilliantly written and mordantly funny, it is a book that continues to make waves. (en)
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  • Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures, by Heidi Postlewait, and Andrew Thomson, is a 2004 memoir of three young people who join the United Nations (UN) during the 1990s. It recounts the authors' experiences during the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and UN peacekeeping operations. The book is critical of some aspects of the United Nations and its operations. Figures within the UN, including Shashi Tharoor and Kofi Annan, criticised the authors for releasing the book. It was adapted into a 2007 stage play. (en)
  • Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures ist ein Enthüllungsbuch der drei ehemaligen UNO-Mitarbeiter , und Doktor . Die drei Autoren waren über einen Zeitraum von zwölf Jahren im Auftrag der UN weltweit in Krisenregionen tätig. Das Buch wurde im Juni 2004 veröffentlicht, obwohl die UN-Führung zwei Autoren im Falle der Publikation mit Entlassung gedroht hatte. (de)
  • Il faut sauver la planète ! Trois idéalistes dans l'enfer de l'humanitaire (Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures) est un récit de , (en) et Andrew Thomson paru en 2004. Mémoires de trois jeunes personnes (deux Américains et un Néo-zélandais) qui rejoignent les Nations unies lors de l'intervention au Cambodge en 1990. Par la suite, elles iront en Haïti, en Somalie, en Bosnie, au Rwanda et au Libéria où elles confronteront leur(s) idéalisme(s) à la dure réalité de l'action humanitaire. C'est un récit intéressant sur l'action des Nations unies, ses succès et ses échecs, ainsi que sur la vision qu'en ont des participants « du bas de l'échelle hiérarchique ». (fr)
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