Article about S. Lester's role as High Commissioner of Danzig; photograph of S. Lester.
Judge Antonio Cassese, President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, is a guest on World Chronicle, a current affairs television programme produced by the Department of Public Information.
E. Schneider (author)The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governements to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Members States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
Alija Izetbegovic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (seated seconf from left), addresses correspondents during a press briefing at Vienna Conference Centre to focus on the situation in his country.
The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governements to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Members States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
Alija Izetbegovic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (seated seconf from left), addresses correspondents during a press briefing at Vienna Conference Centre to focus on the situation in his country.
"Irish Times" article with short biography of S. Lester; photograph of S. Lester.
Excerpt from the book with various references to S. Lester.
Extract from "Studies" an Irish quarterly review by Felician Prill containing a short biography on S. Lester.
Describes S. Lester's work as High Commissioner of Danzig.
Extract from: "A History of the League of Nations" by F.P. Walters, published in 1952, regarding the Stresa consultation, Poland's opposition to a Four-Power Pact, the policy of Pilsudski, Poland's desire to be among the Great Powers, the Polish-German Agreement of January 1934, Poland and the Minorities Treaty, the Nazi tyranny in Danzig, the Council and the Danzig Constitution.