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A study of the historic role played by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in helping to bring about compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proposed by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted 50 years ago. Shows how NGOs helped sensitize mankind's conscience about human rights violations, and describes their creation of mechanisms to bring about implementation of the Declaration, laying the groundwork for the destruction of the Soviet empire and South Africa's apartheid system. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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William Korey is a prolific writer of articles for popular and scholarly journals, and for the op-ed pages of such newspapers as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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“William Korey's valuable study highlights the important role played by a new generation of nongovernmental organizations....” —New York Review of Books
“It is well worth reading.” —American Foreign Policy Interests
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date1855
- ISBN 10 0312162553
- ISBN 13 9780312162559
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages638
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