A cornerstone of modern diplomacy : Britain and the negotiation of the 1961 Vienna convention on diplomatic relations / / Kai Bruns

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511996103321
• Autore: Bruns Kai
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-5013-1631-1; 1-5013-0202-7; 1-62892-156-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Collana: Key studies in diplomacy
• Disciplina: 341.3/3
• Soggetti: Diplomatic and consular service; Diplomatic privileges and immunities; Electronic books.; Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-1964
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of Figures and Tables ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Introduction -- Part One The Preparatory Stage: 1949-60. Chapter 1. Codification of International Law: Organs and Procedures ; Chapter 2. The International Law Commission on Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities, 1949-58 ; Chapter 3. Britain's Foreign Policy Process: Preparing for the 1961 Vienna Conference -- Part Two The Diplomatic Stage: 1961-4. Chapter 4. The Preliminaries of the 1961 Vienna Conference ; Chapter 5. Analysis of the 1961 Vienna Conference Negotiations ; Chapter 6. Britain and the 1961 Vienna Conference: A Hazardous Task ; Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix I. Overview of the 1961 Vienna Convention and the 1958 Draft Articles -- Appendix II. Voting results in Committee and Plenary -- Appendix III. Who's Who -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) was signed at the height of the Cold War more than fifty years ago. The agreement and its negotiation have become a cornerstone of diplomatic law. A Cornerstone of Modern Diplomacy, which is based on archival research in the National Archives (London), the Austrian State Archives (Vienna) ; and the Political Archive (Berlin), delivers the first study of the British policy during the negotiation of the key convention governing diplomatic privileges and immunities: the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The book provides a complete commentary on the political aspects of the codification process of diplomatic law. By clearly presenting the case with accessible analysis, author Kai Bruns makes the relations between international law and politics understandable, stressing the impact of the emergence of the third world in UN diplomacy. This unique study is a crucial piece of scholarship, shedding light on the practice of United Nations conference diplomacy and the codification of diplomatic law at the height of the Cold War."--Bloomsbury Publishing.