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Author:   Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   86
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.452kg
ISBN:  

9789004245891

ISBN 10:   9004245898
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   21 November 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface; Foreword: Martti Ahtisaari; Part One: International Peace Conferences Introduction Chapters I. International Peace Conferences : A Historical Overview II. The Institutional Architectures III. Conflict Prevention IV. Peacemaking V. Peacekeeping VI. Peacebuilding VII. Human Rights VIII. Justice Conclusion Part Two: The Art of The Possible in UN Peacemaking, Peacekeeing and Humanitarianism: Yugoslavia 1992 - 1996 Introduction: The UN Idea and the Art of the Possible Chapters I. Conflict Containment and Prevention: Successes and Misses A. Containment in Croatia B. Successful Prevention in Macedonia C. Successful Prevention on Geece-Macedonia D. International Monitors on the Drina E. Miss on Kosovo? II. Peacemaking: Success on Greece-Macedonia III. Peacemaking: Success on the Danube Region of Croatia IV. Peacemaking: Successes and Sabotage on Bosnia V. Humanitarianism: Heroism in the Face of Inhumanity VI. Peacekeeping in the face of Ingratitude, Opportunism, and Treachery VII. Peacekeeping: Negotiating the Peacekeeping Mandate in Croatia VIII. Human Rights: How to Protect in the Heart of Darkness? IX. Political Leadership: The First War-Time SRSG Conclusion: The UN Served Magnificently in Practising the Art of the Possible Bibliography; Index.

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Professor Dr. Bertrand G. Ramcharan (Guyana) Ll.B. (Hons.), LL.M., Ph.D (LSE), Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn, is President of UPR Info and has been Director of the Guyana Institute of Public Policy. He was UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ad interim in 2003-2004 with the rank of UN Under-Secretary-General, and Deputy High Commissioner from 1998-2003. He was Professor and First Swiss Chair of International Human Rights Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva from 2006-2008 and has been Chancellor of the University of Guyana. Previously he was Head of the Speechwriting Service of the UN Secretary-General, Director of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, and Director of the Africa I Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs for three years. He has been UN Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and, before that, Fellow of the LSE. He was a member of the UN Panel of Eminent Persons on Human Rights in Darfur (2007), Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the peace process in Georgia (2008), and member of the ILO Commission of Inquiry into trade union and human rights in Zimbabwe (2009-2010).

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