World Meteorological Organization

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 548-548
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Senate ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
The Other ◽  
United States Government ◽  
The World ◽  
States Government

Advice and consent to ratification of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization was given by the United States Senate on April 20, 1949. The United States instrument of ratification was deposited on May 4, 1949 in the archives of the United States Government, which had been designated by the convention as the depository government. The convention was to enter into force thirty days after the date of the deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification or accession. The United States was the seventeenth government to deposit its instrument of ratification. The other governments were: Australia, Byelorussian SSR, Finland, Iceland, India, Lebanon, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukrainian SSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom and Yugoslavia.

Security Council

1963 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-230
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
International Law ◽  
Security Council ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The World ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
States Government

The Security Council discussed this question at its 1022nd–1025th meetings, on October 23–25, 1962. It had before it a letter dated October 22, 1962, from the permanent representative of the United States, in which it was stated that the establishment of missile bases in Cuba constituted a grave threat to the peace and security of the world; a letter of the same date from the permanent representative of Cuba, claiming that the United States naval blockade of Cuba constituted an act of war; and a letter also dated October 22 from the deputy permanent representative of the Soviet Union, emphasizing that Soviet assistance to Cuba was exclusively designed to improve Cuba's defensive capacity and that the United States government had committed a provocative act and an unprecedented violation of international law in its blockade.

Consultative Council of Western Powers

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 550-551
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Military Aid ◽  
States Government ◽  
Common Defence

On April 5, 1949, the Brussels Treaty Powers addressed a request to the United States Government for military aid. “Since the signature of the Brussels Treaty the five governments [United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg] have had under consideration a common defence programme. Convinced of the necessity for such a programme, they believe that its formulation and application must be based on entire solidarity between them. They have reached the conclusion that if this defence programme is to be effective the material assistance of the United States Government is essential…”

The United States’ Response to COVID-19: Learning through Reflection

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nouraldeen Ibrahim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Humanitarian Crisis ◽  
Death Toll ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
States Government ◽  
The U.S

When analyzing the global humanitarian crisis known as the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes the disease COVID-19), it is important to analyze the response of the United States so it is possible to learn from any mistakes. Since a global pandemic was completely unprecedented to the United States government, it did not have a concrete plan or solution prepared to deal with the outbreak. COVID-19 exposed the flaws in the United State's ability to deal with pandemics which, consequently, has now led to the U.S. to have the highest death toll in the world.

Access to Government Publications: Australia, New Zealand, and Assorted Anglophonic Countries in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-209
Author(s):  
Igor I. Kavass
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Relative Ease ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World

Almost every country in the world publishes official documents of some kind or another. There is much in these documents of interest to law libraries because they normally include official texts of codes, laws, and subordinate legislation, official court and government reports, statistics, and official gazettes or other official publications of periodical or serial nature. The content of some of these publications can be of considerable legal importance, but their usefulness is limited unless they can also be identified and acquired with relative ease. Unfortunately, this is not true for documents of most countries. The root of the problem is that very few countries, e. g., Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, etc. are in the habit of regularly publishing bibliographies, catalogs or other “search aids” for their documents. In most countries such bibliographic information, if available at all, tends to be incomplete, inaccurate, and sporadic. Finding a document (or even finding out about its existence) in such circumstances becomes more a matter of luck than the result of a skillful professional search.

Introduction

1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold G. Maier
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The World ◽  
States Government

The ultimate authority of the International Court of Justice flows from the same source as the ultimate authority of all other judicial bodies. Every court’s decisions are an authoritative source of law in a realistic sense only because they are accepted as such by the community whose controversies the court is charged to resolve. In the case of the World Court, it is the community of nations that confers that authority and under the Court’s Statute, its jurisdiction is conferred solely by the consent of the nations whose disputes it is called to adjudicate. It is for this reason that the case Nicaragua v. United States and the actions of both the Court and the United States Government in connection with it are of special importance to those who are concerned with international law.

Rubber Study Group

1951 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 855-856
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Study Group ◽  
World Crisis ◽  
Synthetic Rubber ◽  
The World ◽  
States Government ◽  
Conservative View

In the period following the Rubber Study Group's seventh meeting, May 2 to 5, 1950, press reports from western markets indicated that the fear (and the subsequent reality) of a world crisis had lead to heavy stockpiling of rubber and to speculative buying—both of which contributed to higher prices. London financial circles, while expressing the views that the Rubber Study Group's 1950 consumption estimates were too low and that the market could bear the high prices, were reported to have taken a conservative view of the boom, fearing that the unrealistically high prices might force the United States to activate more of its synthetic rubber plants and thus make the position of natural rubber producers less secure. A press release of June 9, 1950, revealed that the United States government had directed the attention of the world's rubber producing and marketing countries to the “serious implications” of the price movements and on July 7 the Reconstruction Finance Corporation reopened three United States synthetic rubber plants with a total annual production capacity of 88,000 tons. There was a definite break in rubber prices on the London market during the week following the release, on August 14, of estimates by the Rubber Study Group Secretariat which showed that the world production of rubber for June had exceeded consumption demands. This development, which press reports indicated to have been welcomed by industry representatives in London, was largely attributed to the cessation of “panic buying”.

scholarly journals The state copyright conundrum: What’s your state government’s rule on copyright?

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
Kyle K. Courtney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Copyright Protection ◽  
The United States ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
United States Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
States Government ◽  
Clear Statement

U.S. copyright law has a unique place in the world regarding federal works and copyright. Federal copyright law states that “Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government.”1 This is a broad and clear statement that works of the federal government are in the public domain and are free for use by all.

Perception of Nations: Government vs Citizenry

1981 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-276
Author(s):  
Donald H. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
States Government ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
The Government

A nation, unlike a person, may be seen more readily as composed of disparate parts. A decision made by one part such as the government may not necessarily reflect on the character of another part such as the citizenry. It was hypothesized that a friendly act by a government will elicit corresponding inferences about both government and citizenry only when the government is a republic. This form of government, as well as the citizenry under it, should also be better liked by judges with democratic values than a dictatorship should. These effects on perception should produce corresponding changes in behavior. 68 American college undergraduates made various judgmental and behavioral decisions concerning a fictitious nation described as either a republic or a dictatorship which complied with or refused a request made by the United States government. Compliance or refusal did not affect judgments concerning the citizenry at all, but limited support was obtained for the other predictions.

scholarly journals Windows on the World with USBBY’s Outstanding International Books

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Dr. Mon Kerby ◽  
Brenda Dales
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World ◽  
The U.S

This paper explains the purpose of the Outstanding International Books (OIB) Committee of the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), the available resources on the USBBY OIB site (http://www.usbby.org/list_oibl.html), and highlights selected titles from the 2015 list. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the OIB Lists have represented some of the most outstanding international books published, providing a range of titles appropriate for children from birth to 18 years of age. Titles were first published in another country and language before being distributed in English throughout the U.S. Some of the countries where these books originated include Australia, France, India, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The paper includes an annotated bibliography of the 2015 OIB Book list for librarians who wish to have a selection aid when purchasing books for their school libraries.

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