Archival Research in the People's Republic of the Congo

1980 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 351-354
Author(s):  
Rita Headrick
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Equatorial Africa ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
The University ◽  
Tourist Office

Doing historical research in the People's Republic of the Congo is not only now possible for Americans, it is also enjoyable. Relatively little red tape is required to obtain the necessary authorizations. The Archives Nationales du Congo are well organized, run efficiently, and rich in administrative documents for French Equatorial Africa.While I was there (February through August 1979), the procedure for getting research permits was being formalized. It would be best, at this point, to write the Ministre de la Culture, des Arts et des Sports chargé de la Recherche Scientifique in Brazzaville about your proposed work. Send a carbon of that letter to the Congolese Embassy to the United Nations in New York. (As of November, 1979, the Congolese Embassy in Washington, D.C. had not yet opened. Visa requests should also go to New York.) Also write the cultural attaché of the American Embassy, B.P. 1010, Brazzaville with your plans. After arriving in Brazzaville, the cultural attaché will apply for your “autorisation de recherche” through the minister of foreign affairs. This authorization will be sent to you and also to the appropriate ministries (depending on your topic) and will allow you to use the university and the Bibliothèque Nationale. In my case it took about three weeks to get my “autorisation” but I was able to begin work without it.A permit from the tourist office is necessary to take pictures. The Congo has few tourists and many people do not like having their picture taken so that photography must be done with discretion and sensitivity. To travel, you should get a permit, again from the tourist office. It is advisable to inform the authorities of your plans. Note that the roads are terrible, making wheeled travel very difficult.

Legal Advisers Meet at UN Headquarters in New york

1991 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-373
Author(s):  
Hans Corell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Counsel ◽  
Member States ◽  
The United Nations

On October 29 and 30, 1990, a meeting was held of the heads of the offices responsible for international legal services of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the member states of the United Nations—the Legal Advisers. The meeting was organized at the invitation of the Legal Advisers of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Canada, India, Mexico, Poland and Sweden, and with the assistance of the Legal Counsel of the United Nations, Under-Secretary-General Carl-August Fleischhauer. Some twenty-five Legal Advisers and thirty-two of their deputies or other representatives attended, including all five colleagues representing the permanent members of the Security Council.

Love for the Homeland Is Not an Empty Phrase for Me

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Pousta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
The Political ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
School Graduation ◽  
The University

Having passed his secondary-school graduation exam, the young patriot Jaroslav Cisař left Brno to study mathematics and astronomy in New York. He reacted to the fire of war in 1914 by his active engagement in anti-Austrian resistance, whose aim was the restoration of the independence of the Czech nation. After the arrival of T. G. Masaryk in the United States, he became his personal secretary in the spring of 1918. Following the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, he worked at the Czechoslovak embassy in London, from 1927 in the newspaper Lidove noviny in Brno. After the occupation, he left for emigration, where he was involved in the tasks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After the change in the political situation in 1948, he was released from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was fortunate enough to be employed as an astronomer at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. From the 1970s, he struggled with normalisation authorities over his return to the homeland. That was successfully accomplished in 1980.

Interview with Peter Maurer

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (888) ◽  
pp. 1209-1221
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
The Political ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich History

Peter Maurer studied history and international law in Bern, where he obtained his PhD. In 1987 he entered the Swiss diplomatic service, and has since held various positions in Bern, Pretoria and New York. In 2000 he was appointed Ambassador and Head of the Human Security Division in the Political Directorate of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern and in 2004 became Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York. In January 2010 Mr Maurer was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Bern. He succeeded Jakob Kellenberger as ICRC President on 1 July 2012.In this interview, Mr Maurer reflects on the rich history of the ICRC, conveys his perception of the evolution of the organization, and presents his perspective on the challenges ahead for the humanitarian sector and the ICRC in particular.1

Commentary: Developing Countries Perspective on Agricultural Liberalization

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1850053
Author(s):  
Love Mtesa
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Foreign Service ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Agricultural Trade Liberalization

A commentary on Patrick Messerlin's article, "Agricultural Trade Liberalization." Love Mtesa is Zambian Ambassador to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, including the WTO. He is the Coordinator for the Least Developed Countries at the Ambassadorial level. Ambassador Mtesa joined the Zambian Foreign Service in 1966 and later served [in]: Kinshasa, Congo; Addis Ababa, Ethiopa; as Director of the African and Middle East Department in the Zambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Harare, Zimbabwe; as Zambia’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York; and as Zambian Ambassador to Great Britain and other European nations. He has also been active in opposition politics in Zambia for a number of years.

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