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Preventive Diplomacy at the UN

Preventive Diplomacy at the UN

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

In this careful study, distinguished former UN civil servant Bertrand G. Ramcharan traces the history of the practice of preventive diplomacy by UN Secretaries-General, the Security Council, and other UN organizations, and assesses the ...
International Peace Conferences

International Peace Conferences

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

This book has emerged out of the author's experience as Director of an innovative peacemaking, peacekeeping and humanitarian initiative, the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, between 1992 and 1996.
Preventive Human Rights

Preventive Human Rights

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

This book identifies the need for preventive human rights strategies, maps what exists by way of such strategies at the present time, and offers policy options to deal with the world of the future.
The Law, Policy and Politics of the UN Human Rights Council

The Law, Policy and Politics of the UN Human Rights Council

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

It is the merit of this book to present the Human Rights Council in terms of its mandates, roles and organization while seeking to remind the membership and the international community at large that the Council must be anchored in the ...
Contemporary Human Rights Ideas: Rethinking Theory and Practice

Contemporary Human Rights Ideas: Rethinking Theory and Practice

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

... Development System The Politics of Incrementalism by Silke Weinlich ( Duisburg-Essen University) The United Nations as a Knowledge Organization by Nanette Svenson (Tulane University) The International Criminal Court The Politics and ...
Contemporary Human Rights Ideas: Rethinking theory and practice

Contemporary Human Rights Ideas: Rethinking theory and practice

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

Written by a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2003–4), this book has been fully updated for a second edition and continues to provide a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the foundational human rights ideas of ...
The UN Human Rights Council

The UN Human Rights Council

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

This book is destined to become the leading text on the Human Rights Council and will be essential reading for all those concerned with the future of international relations international organizations and human rights.
The Fundamentals of International Human Rights Treaty Law

The Fundamentals of International Human Rights Treaty Law

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

This book has a simple objective: to present the fundamentals of international human rights treaty law in a way that can be helpful to the national leader, official, or legal adviser whose duty it is to help put a human rights treaty regime ...
In Praise of Idleness

In Praise of Idleness

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell,18 May 1872–2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist.
The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Featuring seminal work in the philosophies of mathematics and language, this comprehensive and assiduously edited collection also makes available his provocative and controversial views on religion and international relations.
Bertrand Blier

Bertrand Blier

Sue Harris

This complete study of Bertrand Blier's work to date, traces his career from the early 1960s until the present, outlining the forms, themes and style which dominate in his work.
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series

Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series

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Unpopular Essays

Unpopular Essays

Bertrand Russell

A classic collection of Bertrand Russell’s more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell’s most characteristic and self-revealing books.
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music

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Heeding the sentiment to “get real, real gone for a change,” artists and audiences across the region had created and adopted a music without boundaries. michael t. bertrand Tennessee State University Michael T. Bertrand, Race, Rock, and ...
Je ne sais rien... mais je dirai (presque) tout: ...

Je ne sais rien... mais je dirai (presque) tout: ...

Yves BERTRAND

Une fois de plus, un sycophante était passé par là : une lettre anonyme dénonçait les « instigateurs du coup » : Bertrand et son « âme damnée », Brigitte Henri ! Blindé depuis longtemps, je me suis prêté de bonne grâce à l'exercice en  ...
The Debate on Black Civil Rights in America

The Debate on Black Civil Rights in America

Kevern Verney

Notes 1 Michael T. Bertrand, Race, Rock, and Elvis (Urbana, Illinois, 2000), p. 8. 2 Bertrand, Race, Rock, and Elvis, p. 8. 3 James Baldwin, 'The Fire Next Time', The New Yorker, 17 November 1962; Vincent Harding, Hope and History: Why We ...
Hell Week: Seven Days to Be Your Best Self

Hell Week: Seven Days to Be Your Best Self

Erik Bertrand Larssen

From world-renowned mental trainer Erik Bertrand Larssen, whose clients include Olympic athletes and Fortune 500 CEOs, Hell Week is a military-inspired yet accessible guide to making the critical changes necessary for long-term professional ...
Bertrand Delanoë: une irrésistible ambition : document

Bertrand Delanoë: une irrésistible ambition : document

Frédéric Charpier

Elu maire de Paris presque contre toute attente en 2001, Bertrand Delanoë a acquis en quelques années une stature nationale, au point que l'on peut parler à son sujet d'une véritable " success story ".
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music

Bill C. Malone

Volume 12: Music Bill C. Malone, Charles Reagan Wilson Ann J. Abadie. postwar ... MICHAEL T. BERTRAND Tennessee State University Michael T. Bertrand, Race, Rock, and Elvis (2005); B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney, Rockabilly: A  ...
The Garden Bible: Designing your perfect outdoor space

The Garden Bible: Designing your perfect outdoor space

Barbara Ballinger and Michael Glassman

... California www.zeterre.com Nicole Bemboom Arterra Landscape Architects San Francisco, California www.arterrasf.com Jim Bertrand Jim Bertrand Landscape Design Monee, Illinois www.jimbertrand.com Susan 216 Acknowledgments.
Porque Não Sou Cristão – Bertrand Russel 1957

Porque Não Sou Cristão – Bertrand Russel 1957

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Porque Não Sou Cristão – Bertrand Russel - 1957
Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora

Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora

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We are deeply indebted to the late Fitzroy Baptiste, John F. Campbell, Walter F. Edwards, R. Arnold Gibbons, Harry Goulbourne, Frances Henry, Millery Polyne, Subhas Ramcharan, Carol Tator and James W. St. G. Walker. We owe special ...
Non-discrimination and Equality in the View of the UN Human ...

Non-discrimination and Equality in the View of the UN Human ...

Wouter Vandenhole

4 Ibid., 1. 5 BertrandG. Ramcharan, “Equality and Nondiscrimination” in Louis Henkin (ed.), The International BillofRights. The Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,New York, Columbia University Press, 1981, 246. of the UN Human Rights  ...
The International Politics of Human Rights: Rallying to the ...

The International Politics of Human Rights: Rallying to the ...

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BertrandG. Ramcharan, “The Human Rights Field Operation in Partnership for Peace,” in The Human Rights Field Operation: Law, Theory 41 and Practice, ed. Michael O'Flaherty (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007), 105–15. WilliamG. O'Neill, “ Human ...
Banking Rebooted

Banking Rebooted

John Bertrand

Becoming a Digital Bank is a bit like asking for directions. The awkward answer is that we would not start from here. Unfortunately, 'here' is where we are. Where is 'here'? 'Here' is where most of the deposit account systems are.

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