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Further Decisions of the ILO San Francisco Meetings: The Governing Body approved in principle the establishment of consultative relationships with the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions and the Inter-American Confederation of Labor, and accepted for the ILO the United Nations convention on the privileges and immunities of the specialized agencies as modified by an annex relating to the ILO. As a result of the decisions of the Conference the total number of international labor conventions adopted by the Organization was brought to 90 and the total number of recommendations to 83. The Governing Body decided that the next session of the conference would be held in Geneva, Switzerland, June 8, 1949.

Der Autor gibt eine Einführung in den vorliegenden Sammelband, der die außenpolitischen Verhaltensformen sowohl der energiereichen Petrostaaten als auch der westlichen Verbraucherländer gegenüber diesen Ressourcenländern zum Gegenstand hat. Er entwickelt neun Thesen, die auch das Untersuchungsobjekt der nachfolgenden Länderstudien bilden: (1) Ressourcenstaaten erhalten durch den Ressourcenreichtum einen Spielraum, der sich in außenpolitischer Autonomie bis hin zur Selbstüberschätzung niederschlägt. (2) Ressourcenstaaten nutzen ihre Ressourcenverfügbarkeit, um die Abhängigkeit ihrer Kunden zur Durchsetzung ihrer politischen Ziele zu instrumentalisieren. (3) Ressourcenstaaten machen sich weniger vom multilateralen Regelwerk abhängig als vergleichbare Nachbarstaaten. (4) Ressourcenstaaten sind wenig geneigt, aufgrund ihrer Ressourcen multilaterale Verantwortung für regionale Entwicklungen, weltwirtschaftliche Prozesse oder ökologische Problemlösungen zu übernehmen. (5) Verbraucherländer erlauben Ressourcenstaaten eher Verletzungen internationaler Standards (z.B. Menschenrechte). (6) Verbraucherländer gestehen Ressourcenstaaten zu, ihren Energiesektor vor multilateralen Vereinbarungen zu schützen. (7) Verbraucherländer konkurrieren um bilaterale Beziehungen mit Ressourcenstaaten und ergreifen entsprechende Infrastrukturmaßnahmen, um nationale Vorteile zu erringen. (8) Das Verhalten der Verbraucherländer verstärkt die Verwerfungen in den Produzentenländern. (9) Das energiepolitische Interesse der Verbraucherländer behindert die Entwicklung einer langfristigen Strategie für außenpolitische Beziehungen. (ICI2)

At the conclusion of the two International Telecommunication Union (ITU) conferences held in Geneva in 1959—the Plenipotentiary (October 14 to December 16) and the Administrative Radio (August 17 to December 17)—two international documents were officially signed by the representatives of 85 and 84 countries respectively, namely: 1) the new Convention, replacing the International Telecommunication Convention of Buenos Aires, 1952; and 2) the new Radio Regulations, replacing those of Atlantic City, 1947. The Convention was to take effect on January 1, 1961, and the Radio Regulations on May i, 1961. Some additional protocols had to be signed as well, so that certain decisions (for example, the elections of the newly-constituted Administrative Council, the Secretary-General, and the Deputy Secretary-General, and changes made in the budget system) could take effect forthwith. Numerous recommendations and resolutions were also adopted, and decisions concerning the way ITU was organized, how it was run, and its future development were reached by the Plenipotentiary Conference, the chairman of which was Mr. J. D. H. van der Toorn, head of the Netherlands delegation. The chairman of the Radio Conference was Mr. Charles J. Acton, head of the Canadian delegation.

"Religion in International Relations" published on by Oxford University Press.

The eighth annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission took place in London July 16–20, 1956, under the chairmanship of Dr. G. J. Lienesch (Netherlands). All seventeen contracting governments, with the exception of Brazil, were represented, with observers from Italy, Portugal, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, and the International Association of Whaling Companies. During the deliberations the Commission 1) received from the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics data on the operations and the catch for the past season; 2) received various scientific papers concerning the stocks of whales, and almost unanimously favoring a substantial reduction in the catch in view of evidence that the stock was declining, recommended that the catch for future seasons should not exceed 15,000 blue whale units, and, with one dissentient, recommended that the limit should be reduced in the 1956–1957 season to 14,500 blue whales; 3) after examining the returns rendered in respect of infractions of the whaling regulations, noted that, in general, there had been a decrease over the previous year; 4) received further confirmation from the Commissioner of the Soviet Union of the use of fenders of porous rubber to replace the present use of whale carcases for this purpose; 5) allocated an equivalent of $1400 towards the cost of whale marking; and 6) requested the United States to prepare a protocol for the amendment of the convention requiring every factory ship to have on board two inspectors who were generally of the same nationality as the flag of the ship, to permit consideration of a scheme to appoint independent observers in addition to the national inspectors.

International law is playing an increasingly important role in international politics. However, international relations theorists have thus far failed to conceptualise adequately the role that law plays in politics. Instead, IR theorists have tended to operate with a limited conception of law. An understanding of jurisprudence and legal methodology is a crucial step towards achieving a better account of international law in IR theory. But many of the flaws in IR's idea of law stem also from the theoretical foundations of constructivism - the school of thought which engages most frequently with law. In this book, Adriana Sinclair rehabilitates IR theory's understanding of law, using cases studies from American, English and international law to critically examine contemporary constructivist approaches to IR and show how a gap in their understanding of law has led to inadequate theorisation

The eighteenth session of the Administrative Council of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was held in Geneva from March 23 to April 26, 1963, under the chairmanship of Mr. Gabriel Tedros (Ethiopia).