Prepared in association with Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Grant #E(49-18)-2295, Task Order No.2, from the Energy Research and Development Administration

Some of the important technical issues involved in the implementation of a spent fuel storage regime under international auspices are discussed. In particular, we consider: the state of the art as far as the different possible storage modes are concerned, the relevant accident, sabotage, and transportation considerations, and the impact of recent technical spent fuel safeguards initiatives on the nonproliferation rationale for international spent fuel management. / Prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Energy under Contract no. EN-77-S-02-4571.A000.

125 p. / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2012-12-18T16:52:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 paulo_simoes.pdf 1111.pdf: 1033237 bytes, checksum: 0e9cde04efc7677906ced2a1e5918f19 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-12-18T16:52:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 paulo_simoes.pdf 1111.pdf: 1033237 bytes, checksum: 0e9cde04efc7677906ced2a1e5918f19 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / A pesquisa, do tipo estudo de caso, visa analisar como as transformações nas políticas de cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento repercutiram na atuação da Organização Holandesa de Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento Internacional – NOVIB no Brasil a partir dos anos 1990. O caminho percorrido nesta dissertação passa pelo estudo do ideário ocidental de desenvolvimento e da cooperação internacional. Neste particular, destaca-se o aprofundamento acerca da cooperação não governamental holandesa, reunindo informações necessárias para a compreensão do seu processo de consolidação. Os resultados obtidos revelaram que a partir da década de noventa, a NOVIB tornou-se cada vez mais dependente dos recursos governamentais de cooperação, bem como se manteve alinhada às orientações de organizações internacionais, no sentido de atuar em parceria com entidades empresariais. A pesquisa revelou ainda, que a decisão da agência holandesa de retirar o apoio ao desenvolvimento do Brasil está, intrinsecamente, relacionada com a recente agenda internacional de cooperação. / Salvador

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-03-07Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:57:19Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 divardin_dh_me_mar.pdf: 1028723 bytes, checksum: 1482777ee3857cca787432f51b1dfd4f (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O objetivo dessa pesquisa é o estudo da Cooperação Internacional no quadro das questões ambientais contemporâneas, voltado às relações Brasil – Estados Unidos e, em particular às iniciativas da Agência Norte-Americana para o Desenvolvimento Internacional (United States Agency for International Development - USAID), considerando seus programas, estratégias, prioridades e formas de ação no Programa Piloto para a Proteção das Florestas Tropicais do Brasil (PPG7). Em geral, os estudos relativos à USAID dedicaram-se a mostrar a ação da agência no contexto da Guerra Fria, no quadro de dependência e hegemonia norte-americana no continente, quando coincidiam regimes autoritários em grande parte dos países latinoamericanos. Trata-se de compreender se as mudanças ocorridas no cenário das relações internacionais, com a queda do Muro de Berlim e a realização da Rio-92, trouxeram modificações em suas estratégias, práticas e concepções. O trabalho conclui que não houve mudança na forma de estratégia da USAID desde a sua criação, em 1961, sendo utilizada, atualmente, para assegurar a liderança e os interesses dos Estados Unidos no sistema internacional. / The aim of this paper is to study the International Cooperation regarding the nowadays environment issues, connected to the relations between Brazil-USA and, particularly speaking, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiatives, taking into consideration its programs, strategies, priorities and ways of acting out in the main program for Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest (PPG7). Overall, the studies related to USAID are dedicated to show the Agency actions in the context of the Cold War, in the frame of American dependency and hegemony in the continent, when the authoritary governments ruled the most part of the latin american countries. It is a matter to understand how these changes in the international relations scenery, with the fall of the Berlim Wall and the realization of Rio-92 brought significant changes in the USAID strategies, practices and conceptions. This paper concludes that there were no changes in the USAID strategies since it was founded in 1961, thus this agency is the tool to assure the leadership of United States and their interests in the International System.

Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / Service delivery is one of the most important aspects of the Higher Education sector not only when dealing with international students. It is imperative that higher education institutions should monitor and evaluate its administrative and academic employees. There is a need for a good performance system, which includes standards that define whether staff performances have merits or shortcomings. This will encourage staff to be proficient in their work environment. It is also important to equip staff with service delivery training. This research project examines staff and students’ experiences of internationalisation at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The researcher identified problems that international students encountered at CPUT, subsequently made recommendations, which deal with how to improve CPUT services to international students. The researcher undertook a quantitative research approach by administering a closed-ended questionnaire, which was compiled by a registered statistician. The study found that most of the participants did not understand or were not aware of internationalisation at CPUT. A majority of the participants did not understand their role when it came to assisting international students. They perceived that whatever international students required had to be sought from the international office. They understood their role within CPUT in terms of meeting the university’s objectives, as being that, which is set out in the university’s Vision and Mission.

Orientador: Suzeley Kalil Mathias / Banca: Samuel Alves Soares / Banca: Alcides Costa Vaz / O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais é instituído em parceria com a Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP, em projeto subsidiado pela CAPES, intitulado "Programa San Tiago Dantas" / Resumo: Nos últimos anos observou-se uma mudança de comportamento entre os países da América do Sul, ao passo que há 30 anos a tônica da política externa era dominada pelas desconfianças, hodiernamente os países aprofundam e incrementam as agendas de cooperação em defesa e segurança. Neste contexto, surge a União das Nações Sul-Americanas (Unasul), e como órgão desta, o Conselho de Defesa Sul-americano (CDS), responsável pela regionalização da cooperação em defesa e segurança na América do Sul, em oposição ao tratamento em âmbito hemisférico até então levado a cabo. Os diversos planos e perspectivas que os países sul-americanos possuem originaram um conflito de agendas dentro do CDS, que vão desde a bolivariana, impulsionada pelo presidente venezuelano Hugo Chávez, até a agenda dos países do Mercosul, chamada mercosulina, objeto da presente pesquisa. / Abstract: In recent years there has been a shift in behavior among South American countries, whereas 30 years ago the tone of foreign policy was dominated by mistrust, in our times the countries deepen and increase the agendas of cooperation in defense and security. In such context, arises the Union of South American Nations (Unasul), and as part of it, the South American Defense Council (CDS), responsible for the organization and cooperation in defense and security in South America, in opposition to the treatment in the hemispheric scope pursued until then. The various plans and perspectives that South Americans countries have created an agenda conflict within the CDS, from the Bolivarian agenda driven by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, to the agenda of Mercosul countries, called mercosulina, the subject of this research. / Mestre

Orientador: Héctor Luís Saint-Pierre / Banca: Suzeley Kalil Mathias / Banca: Samuel Alves Soares / Banca: Eduardo Mei / O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais é instituído em parceria com a Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP, em projeto subsidiado pela CAPES, intitulado "Programa San Tiago Dantas" / Resumo: O Conselho de Defesa Sul-americano (CDS) é uma das iniciativas regionais mais novas para fomentar a integração em defesa na América do Sul. Ele surge no marco de um organismo multilateral de alcance regional, a UNASUR, que exemplifica muitas das características distintivas dos processos de integração do regionalismo pós-liberal e pós-hegemônico. O CDS aponta a consolidar uma série de objetivos em matéria de defesa correspondentes com esta etapa do regionalismo, que quebra com paradigmas tradicionais de importação e/ou imposição de modelos extra-regionais e procura implementar soluções próprias baseadas na idiossincrasia regional. No marco da criação do CDS analisamos os mecanismos de integração em matéria de defesa e as estruturas que estão sendo desenvolvidas em América do Sul no contexto das experiências regionais e sub-regionais que incidem na configuração particular deste conselho. / Resumen: El Consejo de Defensa Suramericano (CDS) es una de las iniciativas regionales más recientes para fomentar la integración en defensa en América del Sur. Surge en el marco de un organismo multilateral de alcance regional, UNASUR, que ejemplifica muchas de las características distintivas de los procesos de integración del regionalismo postliberal y/o posthegemónico. El CDS apunta a consolidar una serie de objetivos en materia de defensa correspondientes con esta etapa del regionalismo, que quiebra con paradigmas tradicionales de importación y/o imposición de modelos extra regionales y busca implementar soluciones propias basadas en la idiosincrasia regional. En el marco de la creación del CDS analizamos los mecanismos de integración en materia de defensa y las estructuras que se están desarrollando en América del Sur en el contexto de experiencias regionales y subregionales que inciden sobre la configuración particular de este consejo. / Abstract: The Southamerican Defense Council (CDS) is one of the most recent regional initiatives aimed at fostering defense integration in South America. It arises in the context of a multilateral organization of regional reach, UNASUR, that exemplifies many of the distinctive characteristics of the integration processes of the postliberal and/or posthegemonic regionalism period. The CDS aims at consolidating a series of objectives in matters of defense that correspond with this phase of regionalism, breaks traditional paradigms of importing and/or imposing extraregional models and seeks to implement solutions based on regional idiosyncrasy. In the framework of the creation of the CDS we analyze the integration mechanisms in matters of defense and the structures being developed in South America in the context of regional and subregional experiences that impact on the configuration of this particular council. / Mestre

LL.M. (International Law) / After witnessing the catastrophic effects of the First World War, the pursuit of a global regulatory body charged with the responsibility of maintaining global peace and security was the talk of the day and a body which became known as the League of Nations soon surfaced. However, with the manifestation of the Second World War the essential failure of the League of Nations was evident and led to the creation of a new body along with a dream to prevent the same kind of disastrous conflict the world had just witnessed for a second time from occurring again. The idea that a single body would in essence control the fate of world security matters was brought to life and the United Nations Security Council essentially emerged, reflecting the power balance that ensued at the end of World War 2 – the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, China and France suddenly became the most powerful nations in the world. With the existence of regional organisations pre-dating that of both the League and the United Nations, the debate as to the ideal relationship between the global body and regional bodies developed. Despite the fact that the UN Charter essentially instilled a hierarchy, with the Security Council holding primacy over matters of security governance4 whilst allowing regional organisations to act unilaterally only in limited circumstances,5 this debate has continued to the present day. Since the conception of the United Nations, the traditional role of regional organisations in matters of security governance were mostly limited to peacekeeping and preventative diplomacy and the inaction of the Security Council during the Cold War saw an increase in the activity of these bodies, albeit in these forms.

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Magister Legum - LLM / The underlying rational behind the protection of intellectual property rights is to strike a balance between the interests of intellectual property rights holders on the one hand and users of protected knowledge on the other hand. This thesis sought to achieve the following objectives: to create a good understanding of the historical development of the primary and secondary legal instruments related to the intellectual property rights/public health debate; to determine to what extent a balance is struck by the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights with reference to the flexibilities provided for in the Treaty, read together with the subsequent World Trade Organization Ministerial Declarations and TRIPS Council Decisions; to evaluate the extent to which selected developing and least developed country members of the World Trade Organization have taken measures to implement the said flexibilities, taking cognizance of their relevant strengths and weaknesses; to suggest ways in which select countries in the developing world specifically India and Zambia can take greater advantage of the flexibilities to promote better access to medicines which taking into consideration various opportunities and threats that are foreseeable; to identify public health aspects of TRIPS that the developing country and least developed countries World Trade Organization members would do well to address in further negotiations. / South Africa