UN DECADE NEWSLETTER - Issue #8: June 1995 ||| ASIL

Issue #8: June 1995

In This Issue

Message from Chair	ASIL Meeting	News of Members
	Your Turn

Message From the Chair

I am honored to communicate with you--as the new Chair of the American Society of International Law United Nations Decade Interest Group (UNDIG). We are all indebted to the initial Chair, Judge R. St. J. Macdonald of the European Court of Human Rights, and, a member of the Faculty of the University of Toronto. Although Judge Macdonald has been quite complimentary about my role, I believe that it was Judge Macdonald who was the "draw"--inspiring a number of you to join this group. On behalf the entire section, Judge Macdonald, we take this opportunity to say "Thanks, and remember that you are is still very much with us!"

ASIL Meeting

For those members of the UN Decade Interest Group who were able to attend the Annual Meeting, it is quite obvious that the Tiller House staff did an outstanding job. There were numerous panels, excellent luncheon presentations, and nothing short of an extraordinary week. Special praise is due, given the added burden of coordinating this event in New York City--rather than the traditional location of Washington, D.C. (I barely escaped with my life, when I jokingly sought confirmation of whether the 1996 Annual Meeting would be in Paris or Moscow!) On behalf of our Section, congratulations to the ASIL staff, the Annual Meeting Program Committee, and the New York Host Committee (all listed in the meeting program).

News of Members

Anthony D'Amato has just published INTERNATIONAL LAW: PROCESS AND PROSPECT (2nd ed. Transnational Publishers, Irvington, NY: 1995) [373 pages]
Howard Meyer published Commentary: An Oxymoron: Is International Law Really Law?, Vol. 22 HUMAN RIGHTS (inside front cover), published quarterly by the ABA Press for the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities of the American Bar Association (Chicago: Spring 1995) [1 page]

Editor's Note: The UNDIG is a most modest group! There are only two entries in this issue. PLEASE help me to help others to be informed about your lectures, publications, and any other UN Decade-related activities. If in doubt, err on the side of disclosure! This particular portion of the Newsletter is one of the best ways for us to continue the process of cementing relationships among our members from all over the globe.

Your Turn

This final segment of each Newsletter provides the opportunity to comment on any topic of interest to the UN Decade Interest Group (affectionately dubbed "UNDIG"). It has been a very useful source for planning meeting agenda, new issues to be addressed by UNDIG, and the like. Please take a moment to jot down any comments, constructive criticisms, or suggestions.. Send E-Mail to Editor, UN Decade Newsletter