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  [ NATO Summit 2002 ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bronislaw Geremek is a deputy in the Polish Sejm, or lower chamber of parliament.
Geremek was chairman of the Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee from 1989-97 and chairman of the Constitutional Committee from 1989-91.
Geremek is a well-known author and is the recipient of 11 honorary doctoral degrees conferred on him by universities such as Columbia, Bologna, Utrecht, and Sorbonne.
www.rferl.org /specials/nato/geremek-bio.asp   (214 words)

  
 Poland: Key Figure In Transition To Democracy Remembers Solidarity - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bronislaw Geremek, a medieval historian by training, was one of the leading intellectuals of Poland's Solidarity movement -- officially formed 25 years ago, on 31 August 1980.
Geremek was then the chief negotiator, representing the political opposition, at landmark 1989 roundtable talks with the government that laid the groundwork for Poland's transition to democracy.
In 1989, Geremek was the chief negotiator, representing the political opposition, at landmark roundtable talks with the government that laid the groundwork for Poland's transition to democracy.
www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/8/F07633B7-7DCC-49BC-A779-4E66CD07EE94.html   (1843 words)

  
 Poverty - A History (Bronislaw Geremek) - book review
Geremek begins with medieval poverty, looking first at Christian doctrine and ideology, at the difference between exaltation of the spiritual, voluntary poverty of ascetics and the degradation of the genuinely poor.
Geremek next presents case studies of reforms of charity from Paris, Venice, and Ypres in the 1520s and from Grenoble, Rouen, Lyons, Valladolid, and Norwich later in the century.
Geremek also connects the response to beggars with the origins of modern prisons: "Before prison became widespread as a method of punishing and re-educating offenders, it was used in modern Europe as an instrument in implementing social policy with regard to beggars".
dannyreviews.com /h/Poverty.html   (463 words)

  
 [23 Mar 1999] DCF/364 : 'SECURITY HAS TO BE A COMMON COMMODITY WHICH IS ASSURED TO ALL', POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS ...
BRONISLAW GEREMEK, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland, said his presence at the Conference on Disarmament today reflected the cardinal importance his Government attached to disarmament which was an integral part of international security.
Geremek said a global ban on transfers of anti-personnel landmines, which would take due account of the security concerns of States, would be a fitting theme for the Conference on Disarmament.
Geremek restated the importance which Poland attached to the Conference on Disarmament as the principle, indeed sole, multilateral disarmament negotiating body of the international community.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1999/19990323.dcf364.html   (926 words)

  
 Reviews in History: The Common Roots of Europe
As a medievalist, Geremek was a dedicated chronicler of medieval Paris craftsmen, of urban and rural marginals, vagabonds, of the mighty judicial machinery controlling this troublesome crowd throughout history (cf.
Geremek’s historiographic survey presents to the reader the range of topics examined by the Polish medievalists as well as their results since the pioneering works of Joachim Lelewel, since the second half of the last century.
Geremek, the social historian does not fail to remind us that this community had to be based upon the socio-economic structures present in Europe that time.
www.history.ac.uk /reviews/paper/gabor.html   (2334 words)

  
 Belarus News and Analysis | Eastern Europe: Bronislaw Geremek Talks To RFE/RL At Forum 2000
Geremek: I think there are no doubts in Ukrainian society about where is the future of Ukraine, and I hope that Ukraine will establish a normal relationship with Russia.
Geremek: I sometimes have this bitter impression that there are double standards concerning different countries and regions in Europe.
Geremek: I am concerned about the present situation in the European Union and I have the feeling that European integration is going a little too fast for the taste of European society.
www.data.minsk.by /belarusnews/102005/35.html   (1370 words)

  
 Bronislaw Geremek (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bronislaw Geremek Professor Bronis&322;aw Geremek (born March 6, 1932 in Warsaw, Poland) is a distinguished Polish social historian and politician.
Professor Geremek has received many prestigious decorations and distinctions, including the French Légion d'Honneur and the German Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern and in 1998 the Karlspreis (Charlemagne Award) of the city of Aachen.
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 Online NewsHour: An Iraqi Threat? -- February 16, 1998
In Poland, Walesa was elected president in 1990, but Geremek was not included in the cabinet, in part of because of anti-Semitic attacks that seemed to preclude his elevation from parliament to a higher post.
BRONISLAW GEREMEK, Foreign Minister, Poland: The politician should answer it that simply that he knew it very well, unless he be honest--I couldn’t imagine that this evolution will be so rapid and that the Polish experience will matter so much for other countries in the region.
BRONISLAW GEREMEK: I had the feeling that without the pope, without the Polish pope, the evolution of Poland would be unimaginable.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/jan-june98/poland_2-16.html   (1438 words)

  
 Doctorat honorifique: Bronislaw Geremek
Montréal, le 13 octobre 2000 -- L'Université du Québec à Montréal a décerné aujourd'hui, sur recommandation de sa Faculté de science politique et de droit, un doctorat honoris causa à l’intellectuel et homme politique polonais Bronislaw Geremek, député au Parlement de la République de Pologne et président de la Commission du droit européen.
Jusqu’à récemment ministre des Affaires étrangères de son pays et président de l’Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe, M. Geremek est non seulement un politicien intègre et un intellectuel engagé mais aussi un historien réputé et un fervent francophile.
Le professeur Geremek a fouillé des sujets auxquels très peu d’historiens s’intéressaient il y a 40 ans, c’est-à-dire la marginalité sociale, la délinquance, la pauvreté, la criminalité et l’exclusion.
www.uqam.ca /bref/doctorat/geremek_com.htm   (321 words)

  
 Belarus Now: Information and Analytical Bulletin; Politics. Economics. Finances. WWW.OPEN.BY; politics Bronislaw ...
Bronislaw Geremek: `President Lukashenko is well known for his eccentric statements'
Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek in a recent interview with a Polish radio station has been asked to assess the statement of the Belarusian president on possible deployment of Russian missiles in Belarus.
What concerns the deployment of Russian missiles on the territory of Belarus, I believe this issue is a prerogative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, its president and government rather than of President Lukashenko.
www.open.by /belarus-now/cont/1999/0413/politics/4.html   (594 words)

  
 Rediscovering the Spirit of Europe - Bronislaw Geremek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Timothy Garton Ash said that Europe's soul is to be found in Kiev.
Bronislaw Geremek points out the importance of culture and education within the framework of European integration.
In his eyes, you have to realize that Europe's strength and wealth is its diversity from one country to another.
www.bpb.de /themen/DSVFAX,0,Rediscovering_the_Spirit_of_Europe.html   (1321 words)

  
 News From Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Poland's NATO entry and Russia's communist past were the main topics of discussions during the meeting of the Russian-Polish Parliamentary Group of the Russia's State Du-ma with the Solidarity Election Action deputies in Warsaw on May 20.
President Aleksander Kwasniewski, accompanied by Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, paid an official visit to Finland May 18-20 for talks with President Martti Ahtisaari, Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen and the Speaker of Parliament Riitta Uosukainen.
New possibilities of tightening cooperation in Central Europe were discussed by Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek with chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of Czech Parliament Milos Zeman May 13 in Prague.
www.polishworld.com /polemb/news/698/official.htm   (469 words)

  
 Ukraine: Geremek Confident Kyiv Will 'Find Its Path' - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
PRAGUE, October 11, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Bronislaw Geremek is a deputy in the European Parliament and a former Polish foreign minister.
Bronislaw Geremek: I hope that the present situation in Ukraine is not stable, and I do hope that the Orange Revolution will continue and finally, to say it very simply, will win.
Geremek: I think that Ukraine, in a sense, misjudged the international situation with too much hope.
www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/10/c27c3668-c922-49ec-93df-1d2c7781dbee.html   (1844 words)

  
 Strategic Foresight - The Future of Europe Prof. Bronislaw Geremek Ilmas Futehally
I was lucky to meet Prof Bronislaw Geremek, former Foreign Minister of Poland and currently a Member of the European Parliament during a recent visit to Brussels.
Prof Geremek said that the future of Europe over the next 25 years depends on the short period in which Europe considers its enlargement and the place that the European Union can reach in the global scene.
Prof Geremek believes that this is not the time to change the draft’s text, but the third part, consisting of 200 pages, which cannot be understood by citizens, can be moved to an annex.
strategicforesight.com /geremek-futureofeurope.htm   (1237 words)

  
 POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER BRONISLAW GEREMEK AT NATO
(Address at accession accords signing ceremony) (990) Brussels -- Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek told his fellow foreign ministers at NATO headquarters December 16, "For over two hundred years, when foreign leaders put their signatures under documents concerning Poland, disasters were sure to follow.
Today, I am to witness Poland's friends sign a document which is a source of joy, pride and hope for me and my compatriots." Geremek's remarks preceded the signing of the accords to begin the process of Poland's accession to NATO.
We wish to partake in the great endeavor to build an undivided Europe, whole and free." Following is the text of Geremek's remarks: (Begin text) Address by his Excellency Bronislaw Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Mr.
www.fas.org /man/nato/national/97121607_wpo.html   (964 words)

  
 Bronislaw Geremek
Bronislaw Geremek is the Deputy of the Sejm (lower chamber of the Polish Parliament) since 1989, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland from 1997 to 2000.
Geremek has also been prominent in academic as Professor at Warsaw University; professor at the Collège de France; member of Academia Europea, Polish Historical Society, Soeieté Européenne de Culture, PEN Club, European Medieval Academy, Academié Universelle des Cultures and Royal Historical Society.
Recent publications include: Bronislaw Geremek en diálogo con J.C. Vidal, (Madrid 1997), Passions Communes (Paris 1993), La Democrazia in Europa (with R. Daherndorf and F. Furet, Rome 1993), etc.
www.humansecurity-chs.org /about/profile/geremek.html   (171 words)

  
 NATO Speech: Debate Geremek & Richard - Brussels - 3 October 2002
For those of us who have watched the rebirth of democracy in Poland, one of the heroes is undoubtedly Bronislaw Geremek.
Yes, we may have a somewhat different perception of what was the relationship between the UN rules and what was decided about Kosovo.
The OSCE sending a group of monitors, the Secretary General of the United Nations participating in not only debate but also in the decision-making process, and what is the most important thing, that was done in defence of human rights and it was effective.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/2002/s021003f.htm   (2535 words)

  
 Tagesnachrichten 2. August 1998 - weitere Presse-Meldungen - daily news on August 2, 1998 - further press news
Warsaw -- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, expressed his "profound concern about the further deterioration of the situation in Kosovo," including in the border region between the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" and Albania.
The release further stated that Geremek urged those involved to cease hostilities and to explore existing avenues of political dialogue.
Geremek indicated that as the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE he has drawn the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to his judgment that the Kosovo crisis has entered into a phase of unpredictable consequences for regional stability.
www.bndlg.de /~wplarre/day1509b.htm   (6741 words)

  
 The New York Review of Books: THE GEREMEK CASE
We the undersigned members of the Princeton community of historians learn with dismay and disbelief of the arrest of Professor Bronislaw Geremek in Warsaw on May 17, 1983.
Professor Geremek is charged with organization of illegal meetings, spreading of false information and disturbing the public order.
We know and admire Bronislaw Geremek not only for his superb writing on the artisanal class, the poor and the marginal in the late Middle Ages and early modern times, but also for his steady and courageous battle for civil and human rights in fulfillment of the letter and spirit of Poland's constitution.
www.nybooks.com /articles/6140   (337 words)

  
 NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Prepared Remarks of Former Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek
Former Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek accepts the Award from NDI Chairman Madeleine Albright.
The sudden, fast, and exhilarating end of the Cold War in 1989, this annus mirabilis, miraculous year, belied a long and arduous transformation of the countries behind the Iron Curtain.
www.ndi.org /about/specialprojects/harriman/2004/remarks/geremek.asp   (833 words)

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