International Organization and Integration
Political Science 463 - Fall 1998
Dr. Harold Jacobson
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Policy memoranda on creation of an international criminal court,
admission of China to the World Trade Organization, and UN activities
concerning violence against women. Perspectives from the foreign
ministers of Brazil, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, and the
United States.
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