Geneva Accords

The majority of Beilin's political career, from 1977 until 2003 is associated with the Labour party. He served as its spokesman from 1977 until 1984, at which point his career in the public service began. He was a Cabinet Secretary until 1986 and a Director General of the Foreign Ministry until 1986-1988. In 1988 he was elected to the Knesset in which he was to serve until 1999. During this period he was Deputy Finance Minister (1988-1990) and Deputy Foreign Minister (1992-1995) under Shimon Peres. Following that he served in two minor minis ...

See also:

Yossi Beilin, Yossi Beilin - Political Career, Yossi Beilin - Public perception

Read more here: » Yossi Beilin: Encyclopedia II - Yossi Beilin - Political Career

Bảo Đại (保大) (October 22, 1913 – July 30, 1997) was the last Emperor of Vietnam, the 13th and last Emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty. Bao Dai - Biography. Bảo Đại was born Prince Nguyễn Vĩnh Thụy in Huế, which was then the capital of Vietnam. His father was Emperor Khải Định. After being educated at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po) in France, he became emperor in 1925 following his father's death, and took the name Bảo Đạ ...

Including:

• Bao Dai - Biography
• Bao Dai - Life in Exile
• Bao Dai - Quotes

Read more here: » Bao Dai: Encyclopedia - Bao Dai

The Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David of July 2000 took place between United States President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. It was an attempt to negotiate a "final status settlement" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Camp David 2000 Summit - The summit. President Clinton announced his invitation to Barak and Arafat on July 5, 2000, to come to Camp David to continue their negotiations on the Middle East peace process. Building on th ...

Including:

• Camp David 2000 Summit - The summit
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Trilateral statement full text
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Reasons for impasse
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Territory
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Jerusalem and the Temple Mount
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Refugees and the right of return
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Aftermath
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Calls for peace
• Camp David 2000 Summit - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

Read more here: » Camp David 2000 Summit: Encyclopedia - Camp David 2000 Summit

(Vietnamese: Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc) The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, or Vietnam, is a country in Southeast Asia. Situated in eastern Indochina, it borders countries such as China, Laos, Cambodia, as well as the South China Sea. Vietnam - Terminology. The name of the country comes from the Vietnamese Việt Nam, which is in turn a reordering of Nam Việt, the name of an ancient kingdom from the ancestral Vietnamese that covered much of today's northern Vietnam. ...

Including:

• Vietnam - Terminology
• Vietnam - History
• Vietnam - Politics
• Vietnam - Provinces
• Vietnam - Geography
• Vietnam - Economy
• Vietnam - Demographics
• Vietnam - Religions
• Vietnam - Minorities
• Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese
• Vietnam - Languages
• Vietnam - Culture
• Vietnam - Miscellaneous topics

Read more here: » Vietnam: Encyclopedia - Vietnam

Bi-national claims to the same lands have been made, based on exacerbated political and ethnic distinctions. While a neutral observer may view these distinctions as minor, the conflict is in fact an ethnic one, with claims to sovereignty and divinity embellishing the underlying political and territorial issues. This article discusses both Israeli and Arab claims. Palestinian territories - Israeli claims. Israeli claims to the territories are based primarily on four arguments (though there are others). The ...

See also:

Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories - Terminology, Palestinian territories - Meanings of the term, Palestinian territories - Claims, Palestinian territories - Israeli claims, Palestinian territories - Palestinian claims, Palestinian territories - Points not in dispute, Palestinian territories - Historical status of West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories - Legal Status of the territories

Read more here: » Palestinian territories: Encyclopedia II - Palestinian territories - Claims

When the Lê emperor Lê Long Đĩnh died in his twenties, a court general named Lý Công Uẩn took the chance to take over the throne and founded the Lý dynasty. This event is regarded as the beginning of a golden era in Vietnamese history, with great dynasties following one another. Lý Công Uẩn (commonly called Lý Thái Tổ - Lý the Founding Emperor) changed the country's name to Đại Việt, established the capital in present-day Hanoi and called it Thăng Long (Ascending Dragon) under the pretext of seeing a dragon when he wa ...

See also:

History of Vietnam, History of Vietnam - Origins, History of Vietnam - Early Independence, History of Vietnam - Dynastic Period, History of Vietnam - The Changing Names, History of Vietnam - Colonization, History of Vietnam - Post World War II Period, History of Vietnam - Aftermath of the Vietnam War and Reunification, History of Vietnam - Cambodia and the Sino-Vietnamese War, History of Vietnam - 1980s, History of Vietnam - Reforms

Read more here: » History of Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Dynastic Period

Main article: Demographics of Vietnam According to official figures from the 1999 census, of Vietnam's then population of 76.3m, the largest of 54 government recognized ethnic groups of Vietnam were: Viet/Kinh: 65.8m (86.2%) Tày: 1.5m (1.9%) Thái: 1.3m (1.7%) Mường: 1.1m (1.5%) Khmer Krom: 1.1m (1.4%) Hoa: 0.9m (1.1%) Nun: 0.9m ( ...

See also:

Vietnam, Vietnam - Terminology, Vietnam - History, Vietnam - Politics, Vietnam - Provinces, Vietnam - Geography, Vietnam - Economy, Vietnam - Demographics, Vietnam - Religion, Vietnam - Minorities, Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese, Vietnam - Languages, Vietnam - Culture

Read more here: » Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - Vietnam - Demographics

President Clinton announced his invitation to Barak and Arafat on July 5, 2000, to come to Camp David to continue their negotiations on the Middle East peace process. Building on the positive steps towards peace of the earlier 1978 Camp David Accords where President Jimmy Carter was able to broker a peace agreement between Egypt, represented by President Anwar Sadat, and Israel represented by Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The Oslo Accords of 1993 between the later assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitschak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation ...

See also:

Camp David 2000 Summit, Camp David 2000 Summit - The summit, Camp David 2000 Summit - Trilateral statement full text, Camp David 2000 Summit - Reasons for impasse, Camp David 2000 Summit - Territory, Camp David 2000 Summit - Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, Camp David 2000 Summit - Refugees and the right of return, Camp David 2000 Summit - Aftermath, Camp David 2000 Summit - Calls for peace, Camp David 2000 Summit - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

Read more here: » Camp David 2000 Summit: Encyclopedia II - Camp David 2000 Summit - The summit

On 21 July, the Conference produced a declaration which supported the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Indochina which gained independence, the cessation of hostilities and foreign involvement (or troops) in internal affairs. Vietnam was partitioned into northern and southern zones pending unification on the basis of internationally supervised free elections to be held in July 1956 (Article 3) (N. Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, Volume Two Part Two: From World ...

See also:

Geneva Conference 1954, Geneva Conference 1954 - Background, Geneva Conference 1954 - The Geneva Teatime, Geneva Conference 1954 - Post declaration events

Read more here: » Geneva Conference 1954: Encyclopedia II - Geneva Conference 1954 - The Geneva Teatime

Bảo Đại was born Prince Nguyễn Vĩnh Thụy in Huế, which was then the capital of Vietnam. His father was Emperor Khải Định. After being educated at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po) in France, he became emperor in 1925 following his father's death, and took the name Bảo Đại (but is also known as Nguyễn Phúc Thiển or Vĩnh Thụy). He was subject to French control of his government— Vietnam was part of French Indochina. At various points in the twentieth century, Bảo Đại was widely considered to be a puppet r ...

See also:

Bao Dai, Bao Dai - Biography, Bao Dai - Life in Exile, Bao Dai - Quotes

Read more here: » Bao Dai: Encyclopedia II - Bao Dai - Biography

Meretz-Yachad - Reputation and public image. As stated above, Meretz-Yachad has shrunk significantly from the 10 MK Meretz party of 1999 to just 6 in 2003. Its attempt to draw Israeli Labor Party dovish voters and Knesset members has thus far failed. Meretz-Yachad has been the most severe victim of the rightward shift in Israeli politics since the start of Al-Aqsa intifada and failure of the Oslo accords. On March 16, 2004, Yossi Beilin was elected to lead Meretz-Yachad. Following Beilin's victory, the party was re-energized. Beilin launched a financial recovery plan for the ...

See also:

Meretz-Yachad, Meretz-Yachad - History, Meretz-Yachad - Ideology, Meretz-Yachad - Principles, Meretz-Yachad - Secondary issues, Meretz-Yachad - Issues being debated internally, Meretz-Yachad - Current status and politics, Meretz-Yachad - Reputation and public image, Meretz-Yachad - Knesset members, Meretz-Yachad - External link

Read more here: » Meretz-Yachad: Encyclopedia II - Meretz-Yachad - Current status and politics

Main article: Demographics of Vietnam The Vietnamese government recognizes 54 distinct ethnic groups. The majority ethnic Vietnamese, also called Viet or Kinh, make up about 86 percent of the nation's population. They are concentrated largely in the alluvial deltas and in the coastal plains and have little in common with the minority peoples of the highlands, whom they have historically regarded as hostile and barbaric. A homogenous social group, the Viet exert influence on national life through their control of p ...

See also:

Vietnam, Vietnam - Terminology, Vietnam - History, Vietnam - Politics, Vietnam - Provinces, Vietnam - Geography, Vietnam - Economy, Vietnam - Demographics, Vietnam - Religion, Vietnam - Minorities, Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese, Vietnam - Languages, Vietnam - Culture

Read more here: » Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - Vietnam - Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Vietnam The Vietnamese government recognizes 54 distinct ethnic groups. The majority ethnic Vietnamese, also called Viet or Kinh, make up about 86 percent of the nation's population. They are concentrated largely in the alluvial deltas and in the coastal plains and have little in common with the minority peoples of the highlands, whom they have historically regarded as hostile and barbaric. A homogenous social group, the Viet exert influence on national life through their control of p ...

See also:

Vietnam, Vietnam - Terminology, Vietnam - History, Vietnam - Politics, Vietnam - Provinces, Vietnam - Geography, Vietnam - Economy, Vietnam - Demographics, Vietnam - Religions, Vietnam - Minorities, Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese, Vietnam - Languages, Vietnam - Culture, Vietnam - Miscellaneous topics

Read more here: » Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - Vietnam - Demographics

Bi-national claims to the same lands have been made, based on exacerbated political and ethnic distinctions. While a neutral observer may view these distinctions as minor, the conflict is in fact an ethnic one, with claims to sovereignty and divinity embellishing the underlying political and territorial issues. This article discusses both Israeli and Arab claims. Palestinian territories - Israeli claims. Israeli claims to the territories are based primarily on four arguments (though there are others ...

See also:

Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories - Historical status of West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories - Terminology, Palestinian territories - Meanings of the term, Palestinian territories - Claims, Palestinian territories - Israeli claims, Palestinian territories - Palestinian claims, Palestinian territories - Points not in dispute, Palestinian territories - Legal Status of the territories

Read more here: » Palestinian territories: Encyclopedia II - Palestinian territories - Claims

Main article: Provinces of Vietnam Vietnam's capital (thủ đô, singular and plural) is Hà Nội (Hà Nội). There are also four municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc Trung ương, singular and plural) existing at provincial level: Cần Thơ, Đà Nẵng, Hải Phòng, and Hồ Chí Minh City (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh). Ho Chi Minh City was formerly known as Sài Gòn (Sài Gòn). Now, Saigon is understood as heart of the c ...

See also:

Vietnam, Vietnam - Terminology, Vietnam - History, Vietnam - Politics, Vietnam - Provinces, Vietnam - Geography, Vietnam - Economy, Vietnam - Demographics, Vietnam - Religion, Vietnam - Minorities, Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese, Vietnam - Languages, Vietnam - Culture

Read more here: » Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - Vietnam - Provinces

Main article: Geography of Vietnam The country is approximately 331,688 square kilometers (128,066 mi²) in area, which is slightly larger than New Mexico and slightly smaller than Germany. The topography consists of hills and densely forested mountains, with level land covering no more than 20 percent. Mountains account for 40 percent, hills 40 percent, and forests 75 percent. The northern part of the country consists of highlands and the Red River Delta. Phan Xi Păng, located in Lào Cai province, is the highest mountain in ...

See also:

Vietnam, Vietnam - Terminology, Vietnam - History, Vietnam - Politics, Vietnam - Provinces, Vietnam - Geography, Vietnam - Economy, Vietnam - Demographics, Vietnam - Religion, Vietnam - Minorities, Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese, Vietnam - Languages, Vietnam - Culture

Read more here: » Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - Vietnam - Geography

Main article: Politics of Vietnam The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is governed through a highly centralized system dominated by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), which was formerly the Vietnamese Labor Party (1951-1976). The Socialist Republic of Vietnam exists today as a communist state. From 2001 until now, Nong Duc Manh has been General Secretary of CPV. Senior Politburo members (Trần Đức Lương, Phan Văn Khải, Nguyễn Văn An, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Lê Hồng Anh, Phạm Văn Trà and Trương Quang Được) concurrently hold high positions in the G ...

See also:

Vietnam, Vietnam - Terminology, Vietnam - History, Vietnam - Politics, Vietnam - Provinces, Vietnam - Geography, Vietnam - Economy, Vietnam - Demographics, Vietnam - Religion, Vietnam - Minorities, Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese, Vietnam - Languages, Vietnam - Culture

Read more here: » Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - Vietnam - Politics

Due to the partition, a massive migration took place. Most of the migration consisted of one million moving from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, mostly Catholics, while a smaller number went from South to North. The conference stipulated national elections take place in two years, but Diem suppressed the advocates of the agreed-to election, and it never took place. The suppression continued, which led South Vietnamese opponents of President Ngo Dinh Diem to form the National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, which event ...

See also:

Geneva Conference 1954, Geneva Conference 1954 - Background, Geneva Conference 1954 - The Geneva Teatime, Geneva Conference 1954 - Post declaration events

Read more here: » Geneva Conference 1954: Encyclopedia II - Geneva Conference 1954 - Post declaration events

The final status of the Palestinian territories as becoming (wholly or largely) an independent state for the Palestinian people is supported by the countries that back the road map. The government of Israel also accepted the road map but with 14 reservations [11]. Although Israeli settlements were not part of the Oslo Accord negotiations, the Palestinian position is that the creation and the presence of Israeli settlements in those areas is a violation of international law. This has also been affirmed by a majority of members of the Geneva c ...

See also:

Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories - Historical status of West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories - Terminology, Palestinian territories - Meanings of the term, Palestinian territories - Claims, Palestinian territories - Israeli claims, Palestinian territories - Palestinian claims, Palestinian territories - Points not in dispute, Palestinian territories - Legal Status of the territories

Read more here: » Palestinian territories: Encyclopedia II - Palestinian territories - Legal Status of the territories

Yachad was established by the merger of Meretz with Yossi Beilin's Shahar שח"ר movement. It was established in order to unite and resucitate the Israeli Zionist peace camp, which was defeated in the 2003 elections (dropping from 54 Knesset members in 1992 to 24 in 2003) following the al-Aqsa Intifada. The party's purpose was to unite a variety of dovish Zionist movements with the dovish wing of the Israeli Labor Party. However, these efforts have so far been unsuccessful as except for the original Meretz, Shahar and MK Roman Bronfm ...

See also:

Meretz-Yachad, Meretz-Yachad - History, Meretz-Yachad - Ideology, Meretz-Yachad - Principles, Meretz-Yachad - Secondary issues, Meretz-Yachad - Issues being debated internally, Meretz-Yachad - Current status and politics, Meretz-Yachad - Reputation and public image, Meretz-Yachad - Knesset members, Meretz-Yachad - External link

Read more here: » Meretz-Yachad: Encyclopedia II - Meretz-Yachad - History