Trustee for the human community : Ralph J. Bunche, the United Nations, and the decolonization of Africa /

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Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, was a key U.S. diplomat in the planning and creation of the United Nations in 1945. In 1947 he was invited to join the permanent UN Secretariat as director of the new Trusteeship Department. In this position, Bunche played a key r...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: UCLA Globalization Research Center--Africa
Autres auteurs: Keller, Edmond J. (Edmond Joseph), 1942- (Éditeur intellectuel), Hill, Robert A., 1943- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2010.
©2010
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Bunche, Ralph J. > (Ralph Johnson), > 1904-1971.
Bunche, Ralph J. > (Ralph Johnson), > 1904-1971
United Nations > Officials and employees > Biography.
Nations Unies > Fonctionnaires > Biographies.
United Nations
1884-1999
African Americans > Biography.
Africanists > United States > Biography.
Nobel Prize winners > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Decolonization > Africa > History > 20th century.
Décolonisation > Afrique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Biographies.
Africanistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Biographies.
LAW > International.
HISTORY > General.
African Americans
Africanists
Decolonization
Employees
Nobel Prize winners
Statesmen
Africa > History > 1884-1960.
Afrique > Histoire > 1884-1960.
Africa
United States
"This is a project of the UCLA Globalization Research Center > Africa" > T.p. verso.
Biographies
History
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Résumé:Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, was a key U.S. diplomat in the planning and creation of the United Nations in 1945. In 1947 he was invited to join the permanent UN Secretariat as director of the new Trusteeship Department. In this position, Bunche played a key role in setting up the trusteeship system that provided important impetus for postwar decolonization ending European control of Africa as well as an international framework for the oversight of the decolonization process after the Second World War. Trustee for the Human Community is the first volum.
Description:OldControl:muse9780821443446.
"This is a project of the UCLA Globalization Research Center--Africa"--Title page verso.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxii, 205 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821443446
0821443445
0821419102
9780821419106

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