A suitable target for foreign policy?
Article Abstract:
The US's inconsistent application of pressure on countries suspected of human rights violations has caused some policy experts to question the wisdom of broaching the subject at all. However, history shows that pressure on human rights issues can change governments. South Africa is an example.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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Never heard of them: human rights
Article Abstract:
Delegates to the UN conference are debating how the UN should define human rights, which means the funding to implement programs to advocate such rights may not be forthcoming. Debates center on the importance of economic versus civil rights and collective versus individual ones.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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The air stays hot
Article Abstract:
The United Nations plans to mark its 50th birthday in 1995 with a conference focusing on worldwide poverty and what can be done to improve living conditions. The United Nations has helped to make the world safer, now it should help to make it nicer.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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