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ON THE EDGE OF GREATNESS VOL 1 1948-1949: DIARIES OF JOHN HUMPHREY, FIRST DIRECTOR OF UN HUMAN
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Hobbins |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£103.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0773513833 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780773513839 |
| Publisher: |
MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 1995 |
| Description: |
Covers the meetings in Geneva and Paris leading to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (of which Humphrey had prepared the first draft); the daily activities of the UN Secretariat in Lake Success, NY; and his visit to Strasbourg for the first Council of Europe. |
| Synopsis: |
The first of three projected volumes of Humphrey's diaries, Volume 1 (1948-49) covers the meetings in Geneva and Paris leading to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (of which Humphrey had prepared the first draft); the daily activities of the UN Secretariat in Lake Success, N.Y.; and his visit to Strasbourg for the first Council of Europe. Humphrey details his interactions with international officials such as Trygve Lie and Henri Laugier, national representatives, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Pierre Mendes-France, and Rene Cassin, and a social circle that included Gabrielle Roy, F.R. Scott, and Hugh MacLennan. The Humphrey diaries represent an important primary source for the study of the international law of human rights and the development of the postwar UN human rights program. |
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Canada |
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McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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