Yearbook Of Experts Authorities Spokespersons 29 3 Summer 2009

The Yearbook of Experts is America's Favorite Newsroom Resource. Requested by tens of thousand of journalists. The book lists experts for interview by the press.

This report reviews engineering's importance to human, economic, social and cultural development and in addressing the UN Millennium Development Goals. Engineering tends to be viewed as a national issue, but engineering knowledge, companies, conferences and journals, all demonstrate that it is as international as science. The report reviews the role of engineering in development, and covers issues including poverty reduction, sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation. It presents the various fields of engineering around the world and is intended to identify issues and challenges facing engineering, promote better understanding of engineering and its role, and highlight ways of making engineering more attractive to young people, especially women.--Publisher's description.

The OSCE Yearbook 2009 contains contributions written by leading European security experts on such topics as: the possibility that Europe needs a "new security architecture," the future of detente, Russian President Medvedev's initiative for a European Security Treaty, the Corfu Process, and the implications of US foreign policy in the post-Bush era for Europe. The participating States that take focus this year are Ukraine, Lithuania, and Belarus, together with past and future Chairmanship-holders Finland and Kazakhstan. The OSCE conflict prevention and dispute settlement activities that are examined include the prospects for conflict resolution in Moldova, the role of the mission in Kosovo, the military aspects of the OSCE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the OSCE Center in Astana, and the prospects for conflict settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The contributions also include an in-depth consideration of the OSCE's election observation activities and an informed legal discussion of de facto regimes and human rights. As well, the book discusses the problems facing human rights defenders, the contradictions in international police reform, the OSCE's approach to border security and management, and the legacy of Professor Victor Yves Ghebali, who died this year.

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world’s population – some 5 per cent – they constitute around one-third of the world’s 900 million extremely poor rural people. Every day, indigenous communities all over the world face issues of violence and brutality. Indigenous peoples are stewards of some of the most biologically diverse areas of the globe, and their biological and cultural wealth has allowed indigenous peoples to gather a wealth of traditional knowledge which is of immense value to all humankind. The publication discusses many of the issues addressed by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and is a cooperative effort of independent experts working with the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It covers poverty and well-being, culture, environment, contemporary education, health, human rights, and includes a chapter on emerging issues.

This Compendium gives an outline of the historical, philosophical and ethical aspects of the return of cultural objects (e.g. cultural objects displaced during war or in colonial contexts), cites past and present cases (Maya Temple Facade, Nigerian Bronzes, United States of America v. Schultz, Parthenon Marbles and many more) and analyses legal issues (bona fide, relevant UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions, Supreme Court Decisions, procedure for requests etc.). It is a landmark publication that bears testament to the ways in which peoples have lost their entire cultural heritage and analyses the issue of its return and restitution by providing a wide range of perspectives on this subject. Essential reading for students, specialists, scholars and decision-makers as well as those interested in these topics.

This text-workbook is a streamlined, no-nonsense approach to business communication. It takes a three-in-one approach: (1) text, (2) practical workbook, and (3) self-teaching grammar/mechanics handbook. The chapters reinforce basic writing skills, then apply these skills to a variety of memos, letters, reports, and resumes. This new edition features increased coverage of contemporary business communication issues including oral communication, electronic forms of communication, diversity and ethics.