Tuesday, November 13, 2007

What is a UN Special Rapporteur?

Prof. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro is UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Burma.

They are also sometimes called Independent Experts. They report to no government and are not paid, but receive logistical support from the UN

See --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Special_Rapporteur

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

I'm only reading the reigns of Naresuan,his brother Ekathasarot and his great grandson Narai-- Narai was very progressive and sent the ...