The United Nations and Business A Partnership Recovered

When 51 nations gathered in 1945 to witness the birth of the United Nations, international business groups urged governments to ratify the UN Charter without delay. During the following 55 years, UN and business leaders dismissed each other when they were not engaging in a war of words. This book ex...

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Main Authors: Tesner, Sandrine, Kell, Georg (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2000, 2000
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