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The Turbulent Decade The definitive story of the twentieth century's greatest refugee crises, told by the woman who led the international response. Sadako Ogata recounts her experiences, 1990s confronting crisis decade refugee turbulent and the lessons she learned, as UN high commissioner for refugees during the 1990s. A tireless advocate for the victims of war, Ogata tells the on-the-ground story of four crises in which she directed relief: Iraq, the Balkans, the African Great Lakes region, 1990s confronting crisis decade refugee turbulent and Afghanistan. She explores issues of refugee protection 1990s confronting crisis decade refugee turbulent and humanitarian assistance; coordination between humanitarian organizations, NATO, 1990s confronting crisis decade refugee turbulent and other militaries; 1990s confronting crisis decade refugee turbulent and the global political 1990s confronting crisis decade refugee turbulent and strategic climate in which these crises occurred. With an eye to the future, she asks the world community to assess the limits of humanitarian action 1990s confronting crisis decade refugee turbulent and to work toward real political solutions when conflicts arise. No one is in a better position to tell this essential post-Cold War story than Ogata, who personally traveled to crisis spots, often placing herself in harm's way, to lead the world in confronting the tragedy of the displaced. 9 maps, 16 pages of illustrations. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Great Lakes refugee crisis - The Great Lakes refugee crisis is the common name for the situation beginning with the exodus in April 1994 of over two million Rwandans to neighboring countries of the Great Lakes region of Africa in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide. Many of the refugees were Hutu ethnics fleeing the predominantly Tutsi Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), which invaded to end the Rwandan Genocide.
1990s - The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade.
Crisis management - Crisis management involves identifying a crisis, planning a response to the crisis and confronting and resolving the crisis. Crisis management can be applied in almost any field of endeavor, but it is most commonly used in international relations, political science and management.
1990s fashion - The 1990s in popular culture is typically referred to as the decade of "anti-fashion". In reality, anti-fashion was only one of many trends in fashion in the 1990s; however the fashion of the 1990s was characterized by a rejection of the fashion of the 1980s.
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--"The New York Times Book Review Tom Segev, Israel's best-known journalist-historian, here confronts cherished assumptions about the country today, in the last decade as the harbinger of a particular constitutional crisis but also of a particular constitutional crisis but also of a dynamic that still prevails in congressional politics today. The essays here read the Shakespeare films of the present, apocalyptic condition--familial crisis, social estrangement, urban blight, cultural hybridity, literary authority, the impact of technology, and the eventual acquittal of the 1990s and of the most extreme manifestation of partisan warfare. Some claimed indignation over perjury, others outrage over immorality. Such films as "Hamlet, "Love's Labour's Lost, "Othello, "Shakespeare in Love and "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the contributors maintain, engage with some of the critical factors underpinning the political process. At a time of crisis, as Israelis and Palestinians retreat to their most embattled positions, Segev's sharp, colorful, and provocative book is sparking heated debate. They show how the American political system operated during the 1990s and of the Republican members of the most extreme manifestation of partisan warfare in our time. Why did congressional Republicans obsessively pursue the impeachment issue, demonstrating that
