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Author: Chinmaya R. Gharekhan Publisher: Pearson Education India ISBN: 9788177584530 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 348
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"In this unique, unprecedented and intimate account, Chinmaya Gharekhan takes us through the meetings of the Security Council as it debated such issues as emergency situations during the first Gulf War, Iraq's WMD programme and the work of the special commission set up to eliminate them, the beginnings of the Oil-for-Food programme, the Balkan War of the early 1990s, the Rwanda genocide, and the Lockerbie disaster involving Libya."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Chinmaya R. Gharekhan Publisher: Pearson Education India ISBN: 9788177584530 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 348
Book Description
"In this unique, unprecedented and intimate account, Chinmaya Gharekhan takes us through the meetings of the Security Council as it debated such issues as emergency situations during the first Gulf War, Iraq's WMD programme and the work of the special commission set up to eliminate them, the beginnings of the Oil-for-Food programme, the Balkan War of the early 1990s, the Rwanda genocide, and the Lockerbie disaster involving Libya."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: William Sargent Publisher: University Press of New England ISBN: 1611687160 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 100
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Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe crab is now the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists, US government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations. The source of this friction is the discovery 25 years ago that the blood of these ancient creatures serves as the basis for the most reliable test for the deadly and ubiquitous gram-negative bacteria. These bacteria are responsible for life-threatening diseases like menengitis, typhoid, E. coli, Legionnaire's Disease and toxic shock syndrome. Because every drug certified by the FDA must be tested using the horseshoe crab derivative known as Limulus lysate, a multimillion dollar industry has emerged involving the license to "bleed" horseshoe crabs and the rights to their breeding grounds. Since his youthful fascination with these ancient creatures, William Sargent has spent much of his life observing, studying, and collecting horseshoe crabs. As a result, he presents a thoroughly accessible insider's guide to the discovery of the lysate test, the exploitation of the crabs at the hands of multinational pharmaceutical conglomerates, local fishing interests, and the legal and governmental wrangling over the creatures' ultimate fate. In the end, the story of the horseshoe crab is a sobering reflection on the unintended consequences of scientific progress and the danger of self-regulated industries controlling a limited natural resource.
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