An International Relations Debacle - The UN Secretary-general's Mission of Good Offices in Cyprus 1999-2004

no episode of UN mismanagement and manipulation has been as clearly and convincingly documented as Claire Palley does in this book. Clifford Hackett European Union Studies Association Review Vol 20, No 2, Spring 2007 ...a significant contribution to the understanding of the Cyprus problem in terms of both international politics and international law...[Palley] is fair and accurate in presenting views that she sincerely believes in. These views need to be presented to a wider public... Andrew J. Jacovides The American Journal of International Law, Vol 100 2006 ...a book...that no student of the Eastern Mediterranean but also of the UN and its 'good offices' machinery, can either ignore or dismiss. Marios L. Evriviades Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol 17, No 1 Feb 06 ...an excellent and sobering case study of nation building at the international level. Nicholas G. Karambelas Washington Lawyer Magazine March 2006 ...the first authoritative analysis of the UN's Cyprus endeavor, a work of reference for international lawyers, civil servants and those seeking redress for injustices inflicted by the powerful. Michael Jansen Middle East International September 2005 ...detailed, erudite, dense and earnest book. What lends it its edge is that the author completely declines to accept that just because Cyprus is small and occupied, it should be treated by different human rights standards and standards of respect for her sovereignty and of the niceties of international law... Michalis Attalides The Cyprus Review Spring 2005 ...densely argued text is well structured and nicely annotated with an abundance of pictures to meet all tastes and a very useful appendix which summarises all the main positions at each of the versions of the Annan plan. Nicos Trimiklinlotis The Cyprus Review ...no episode of UN mismanagement and manipulation has been as clearly and convincingly documented as Claire Palley does in this book. Clifford Hackett European Union Studies Association Review, Vol 19, No 3 Sept 06 Given [Claire Palley's] 'insider's' view of key aspects of the narrative, it will be useful to historians as well as essential for anybody who participates in, or merely observes, the current 'Cyprus problem

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