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Tag: Brazil

  • Un Reform

    United Nations Reform in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On April 6, 2011, Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addressed the State and Foreign Operations […]

  • United Nations Actions on Women, Peace, and Security

    United Nations Actions on Women, Peace, and Security in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Several meetings and events at the United Nations in the fall of 2011 focused on the issue of women, peace, […]

  • United Nations Actions on Women, Peace, and Security

    United Nations Actions on Women, Peace, and Security in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Several meetings and events at the United Nations in the fall of 2011 focused on the issue of women, peace, […]

  • Affirmative Action Policy

    Literature Review on Brazil: Affirmative Action Policy in Brazil In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Stanley R. Bailey and Michelle Peria provide the following summary about the topic of Affirmative Action Policy in Brazil: The case of affirmative action in […]

  • Affirmative Action Policy

    Literature Review on Brazil: Affirmative Action Policy in Brazil In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Stanley R. Bailey and Michelle Peria provide the following summary about the topic of Affirmative Action Policy in Brazil: The case of affirmative action in […]

  • United Nations Development Program

    Introduction to United Nations Development Program United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), permanent arm of the United Nations General Assembly. The conference, established in December 1964, followed an earlier meeting in which 120 nations participated in discussions of […]

  • United Nations Development Program

    Introduction to United Nations Development Program United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), permanent arm of the United Nations General Assembly. The conference, established in December 1964, followed an earlier meeting in which 120 nations participated in discussions of […]

  • Environmentalism

    Literature Review on Environmentalism in Brazil In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Rebecca Neaera Abers offers the following summary about the topic of Environmentalism and Environmental Policy in Brazil: This entry argues that since the origin of […]

  • United Nations Relief And Works Agency For Palestine Refugees In the Near East

    Introduction to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), organization created in 1949 by the United Nations (UN) to serve the nutrition, health, and education needs of […]

  • United Nations Relief And Works Agency For Palestine Refugees In the Near East

    Introduction to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), organization created in 1949 by the United Nations (UN) to serve the nutrition, health, and education needs of […]

  • United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc)

    United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc) means: of the United Nations constitutes one of the six (one is not active at the moment) principal organs of the United Nations and it is […]

  • United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights

    United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights (OHCHR) As the 2005 OHCHR Plan of Action emphasizes, strengthening the rule of law has long been a principal focus of OHCHR. Based on international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law standards, a set of justice sector tools and […]

  • United Nations Resources

    United Nations Resources Using the United Nations Resources in the World Encyclopedia of Law Available through the Lawi Project, this resource searches documents from the six main bodies of the United Nations: General Assembly Security Council Economic and Social Council Trusteeship Council Secretariat Included are Masthead documents (formerly called mimeo documents), Official Records, Sales Publication,…

  • United Nations Symbols

    United Nations Symbols United Nations Documents Symbols System The United Nations publishes many documents. Many documents were originally published in mimeographed form and are still sometimes referred to as ‘mimeo docs.’ This entry will explain the United Nations series symbols system which was designed to provide access to these documents. The series symbols provide access…

  • Southern Common Market

    Southern Common Market in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Southern Common Market: Mercado Common del Sur (MERCOSUR) or Mercado Comum do Sui (MERCOSUL). A common market including Argentina, […]