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  San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Francisco's charisteristic foggy weather and geography led early European explorers, including Juan Cabrillo and Sir Francis Drake (who would instead land a few miles north in Point Reyes), to pass by the Golden Gate and miss the San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is located 12.9 km (8 miles) south of the city in San Mateo County on a landfill extension into the San Francisco Bay.
The advent of container shipping made San Francisco's pier based port obsolete, as much of the city's container traffic is now limited to a small port in the south-east corner of the city, or sent across the bay to the Port of Oakland.
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 Treaty of Peace with Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru of Japan, gave a speech on "Reconciliation and rapport" (和解と信頼) in 1951 at San Francisco Peace conference.
The Treaty of Peace with Japan (Japanese: 日本国との平和条約), between the Allied Powers and Japan, was officially signed by 48 nations on September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California.
Neither the Republic of China nor the People's Republic of China were invited to the San Francisco Peace Conference and therefore neither signed this treaty.
www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Treaty_of_San_Francisco   (456 words)

  
 Treaty of Peace with Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Treaty of Peace with Japan, between the Allied Powers and Japan, was officially signed by 48 nations on September 8, 1951 in San Francisco.
Therefore this treaty is popularly known as the Treaty of San Francisco or San Francisco Peace Treaty.
The Republic of China, however, enacted a separate Treaty of Peace with Japan in 1952, which basically acknowledged the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.
hallencyclopedia.com /Treaty_of_Peace_with_Japan   (650 words)

  
 San Francisco Conference --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Stassen was elected Dakota county attorney at the age of 23 and governor at the age of 31; he served in the latter office from 1938...
While the rest of the world was preparing for World War I, San Francisco held a highly successful World's Fair—the Panama-Pacific International Exposition—to celebrate the new boost to Western commerce, the opening of the Panama Canal.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9065303&query=san   (796 words)

  
 RePEc
Abstract: Dingman argues that the San Francisco settlement signaled the emergence of a new Pacific maritime order in which the United States Navy is the dominant naval force relying on significant bases in Japan.
Tozawa deals with the attitudes of the Yoshida government and the opposition parties to the peace negotiations and later to the ratification of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the United States-Japan Security Pact.
Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison, anxious that the British contribution to the ultimate treaty should be properly acknowledged, agreed to be in San Francisco at the last moment for the signing of the peace treaty.
www.inomics.com /cgi/repec?handle=RePEc:cep:stiisp:425   (375 words)

  
 Case Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Consequently, in place of a peace treaty, the Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration was concluded which is a treaty providing for the termination of the state of war and the resumption of diplomatic relations.
Furthermore, in the Communique, it was agreed that the peace treaty should be the document marking the final resolution of war-related issues, including the territorial issue and that work to conclude the preparation of a peace treaty would be accelerated.
The Declaration established the clear basis for negotiations toward an early conclusion of a peace treaty through the solution of the territorial issue on the basis of historical and legal facts and based on the documents produced with the two countries' agreement as well as on the principles of law and justice.
www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ice/kurile.htm   (4016 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: History of Taiwan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the Cairo Conference of 1943, the Allied Powers declared the return of Taiwan to China as one of several Allied demands.
A number of advocates of Taiwan independence argue that the Instrument of Surrender of Japan was merely an armistice, a modus vivendi in nature, which served as a temporary or provisional agreement and always would be replaced with a peace treaty afterwards.
Only after Japan renounced signed the Treaty of San Francisco in 1951 did sovereignty of Taiwan return to its people, a resolution based on the principle of self-determination provided by the UN Charter.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Taiwan   (7688 words)

  
 SFSU Magazine: Saeb Erekat, Forging a Path to Peace
Another suicide bombing, more retaliation from Israel, and Saeb Erekat, the San Francisco State alumnus who is the Palestinians’ chief peace negotiator, is again thrust center stage in the Middle East conflict.
Comments like that inflame critics who blame stalled peace negotiations less on the White House than on the failure of Palestinian leadership to end the suicide bombings that have killed hundreds of Israeli civilians since the start of the second intifada three years ago.
He settled in at the university’s respected Department of Peace Studies, picking conflict resolution as the subject of his Ph.D. He said it was here that he became convinced that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would end only through peaceful means.
www.sfsu.edu /~sfsumag/archive/fall_winter_03/peace.html   (1269 words)

  
 Department of Peace - We Can Make It Happen!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The primary function of a Department of Peace will be to research, articulate and facilitate nonviolent solutions to domestic and international conflict.
Our campaign to establish a Department of Peace took a quantum leap forward, as hundreds of attendees left Washington feeling their experience of citizenship had been expanded and revitalized.
The Peace Alliance is non-partisan in our activities and does not endorse any political candidate.
www.thepeacealliance.org /main.htm   (657 words)

  
 Taiwan Communique no. 98
It was thus the specific intention of the attendants of the San Francisco Peace Conference that the people of Taiwan should determine the future status of the island based on the principle of self-determination.
Anniversary of the conclusion of the San Francisco Peace Treaty was marked by the introduction of a resolution in support of Taiwan's self-determination.
The resolution specifically refers to the fact that under the provisions of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, Japan renounced all right, title and claim to Taiwan, and the status of the island was left undetermined.
www.taiwandc.org /twcom/98-no1.htm   (1791 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It also showed her personal commitment to the peace process in Sri Lanka and was also an embodiment of Japanese foreign policy at this point of time.
We have appointed former Under Secretary to the UN and former Commander of the UN's Peace Keeping Force in Cambodia and Bosnia, Yasushi Akashi, as the accredited representative of the Japanese Government to the Sri Lanka's peace process.
A: The current peace process is significant in that it is meant to get Sri Lanka back on track after two decades of conflict and war where two different ethnic groups should have lived in ethnic harmony.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/01/17/fea01.html   (1732 words)

  
 The International Journal for Peace Studies - Author's Information, Volume 3, Number 1
John W. Burton served as Permanent Head of the Foreign Office for Australia and was a participant in many important international conferences, including the United Nations Charter Conference at San Francisco in 1945 and the Paris Peace Conference in 1946.
Carol Rank has taught peace studies in the U.S. and Europe since the early 1980s, including the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Oslo; the University of Bradford; and the European Center for Peace Studies in Austria.
She is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Peace Studies at Bradford and is currently project director for the National Peace Museum Project in U.K.
www.gmu.edu /academic/ijps/vol3_1/bio3_1.htm   (481 words)

  
 Resources for Teachers 2001 | National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As the United States and Japan commemorate five decades of peaceful relations, leaders in both nations have called upon scholars and educators to discuss the peace process with a new generation of students growing up during a period characterized by globalization and cooperation between the United States and Japan.
As we revisit the San Francisco Peace Treaty, we commemorate the end of both the Pacific War and the Allied Occupation of Japan.
International leaders at the San Francisco Peace Treaty Conference faced significant global issues that informed their opinions on the treaty.
www.indiana.edu /~japan/Newsletters/2001resources.htm   (915 words)

  
 GI -- World War II Commemoration
A conference was called to meet in San Francisco on Sept. 4-8, 1951, and 51 nations, including the USSR, agreed to send representatives.
A conference promptly convened in Vienna; a treaty was signed on May 15; and it came into force on July 27, 1955.
Special clauses forbade any political or economic union of Austria and Germany or even agitation in such a cause; stipulated that the nation should have a democratic government, the secret ballot, and free, equal, and universal suffrage; and directed that a ban be maintained against the return of the house of Habsburg.
www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_15.html   (2565 words)

  
 Pacific Affairs: Taiwan in Japan's relations with China and the United States after the cold war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While Tokyo's best hope is to see a peaceful resolution of cross-strait conflicts, Tokyo may have to provide logistical support for American military intervention in the event of armed conflicts in the Taiwan strait, even at the risk of triggering a confrontation with China.
As soon as the San Francisco peace treaty was concluded, the Japanese government, under Yoshida Shigeru, began to contemplate the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China [PRC], which was newly established as a result of the communist victory in 1949.
There was a strong desire among many Japanese conservative leaders to make a genuine peace with China through a treaty between Tokyo and the government of the PRC in order to move the bilateral relationship to a new footing.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3680/is_200010/ai_n8904937   (1219 words)

  
 Asia Times
The sixth round of peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were due to begin in Hakone, a northern city of Japan, on Tuesday as the culmination of Japan's involvement in the Sri Lankan peace process over the past six months.
This round of talks has particular significance as the year-old ceasefire is under threat after the recent sinking of a rebel ship by the Sri Lankan navy, allegedly as it was smuggling military cargo.
Regardless of the strains in the truce and uncertainty about the future of the peace process, the ceasefire brokered by the Norwegian government has held and the talks have progressed.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Japan/EC19Dh02.html   (1386 words)

  
 Peace Bibliography R-Z   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Shannon, William H., Seeds of Peace: Reflections on Contemplation and Non-Violence, Crossroad Pub., NYC, 1996.
Sponsel, Leslie E., and Thomas A. Gregor, eds., The Anthropology of Peace and Nonviolence, Lynne Rienner Pub., Boulder, CO, 1994.
Swidler, Leonard, Bloodwitness for Peace and Unity, Ecumenical Phila, Philadelphia, PA, 1977.
www.nisbco.org /biblio_R-Z.htm   (10969 words)

  
 Treaty of San Francisco Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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The Treaty of Peace with Japan was officially signed by 48 nations on September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, resulting in the popularly used moniker, The San Francisco Treaty.
The treaty served to officially end World War II and resolve Japan's position as an imperial Asian power.
pyro.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/treaty_of_san_francisco.html   (343 words)

  
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Should Japan make a peace settlement or war claims settlement with any State granting that State greater advantages than those provided by the present Treaty, those same advantages shall be extended to the parties to the present Treaty.
DONE at the city of San Francisco this eighth day of September 1951, in the English, French, and Spanish languages, all being equally authentic, and in the Japanese language.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, contracts of insurance and reinsurance shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of parts D and E of the present Protocol.
www.uni-erfurt.de /ostasiatische_geschichte/texte/japan/dokumente/19/19510908_treaty.htm   (3456 words)

  
 Treaty of San Francisco World Encyclopedia, India encyclopedia, Featured Articles, Cover Stories, World wide ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru of Japan, gave a speech on "Reconciliation and rapport" (和解と信頼) in 1951 at San Francisco Peace conference.
Thereby, China, not being a party on the treaty, was legally prohibited to be benefited from the sovereignty of Taiwan according to Article 25 in the treaty.
Understanding the San Francisco Peace Treaty's Disposition of Formosa and the Pescadores
www.mirchigold.com /index.php?title=Treaty_of_San_Francisco   (488 words)

  
 San Francisco Conference, Bretton Woods Conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The representatives of 50 countries at the United Nations Conference drew up the United Nations Charter on International Organization, which met at San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945.
Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one the original 51 Member States.
The conference, attended by representatives of 44 nations, resulted in the creation of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
www.owlnet.rice.edu /~mwfriedm/terms/micha_25.html   (431 words)

  
 :: San Francisco for Democracy ::
This was just one of them, in San Francisco, which included some very moving speeches from a Marine recently returned from Iraq and a member of Gold Star Families for Peace.
These grasses, wildflowers, and shrubs have lived in San Francisco for thousands of years, but have been reduced by urban growth and encroaching invasive plants to near-extinction within the city.
Twelve San Francisco for Democracy volunteers, including three teenagers, began the day at 9:00 am with an in-depth orientation by St. Anthony's staff, covering the causes and realities of poverty and homelessness, Tenderloin demographics, and the inner workings of the Dining Room.
www.sf4democracy.com /main   (3907 words)

  
 United for Peace : Index
The effects of Katrina are tragic, causing death, the disruption of lives, and the loss of property on an unimaginable scale.
We also have sweatshirts, t-shirts and infant bodysuits with the UFPJ logo, plus new "Bush Lies, Who Dies" buttons and both ribbon and peace sign car magnets.
A national conference to strategize ways to spread the refusal of taxes for war.
www.unitedforpeace.org   (1001 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jawaharlal Nehru’s repudiation of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Conference, of which Manmohan Singh reminded his guest, may not have made much difference either.
A joint thrust for UN reform lies at the heart of all this euphoric waffling.
Though entitled to attend the San Francisco conference (since India was technically one of the victorious wartime allies), concern for Asian dignity in the face of Western bullying prompted Nehru’s rejection of peace terms that smacked of victor and vanquished.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050507/asp/opinion/story_4695179.asp   (1261 words)

  
 KIICHI MIYAZAWA
He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1942 and in 1953, he became a member of the House of Councilors.
While serving at the Ministry of Finance, he was a staff member of the Japanese delegation headed by Prime Minister Yoshida in the San Francisco Peace Treaty Conference.
From 1962 to 1964 and from 1966 to 1968 he served as a State Minister and Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency.
www.trilateral.org /membship/bios/km.htm   (230 words)

  
 Bay Area protests war
By launching "United For Peace," an ecumenical network of coalitions, the San Francisco-based human rights organization Global Exchange helped broaden the appeal of the movement.
Unlike the Vietnam era, this new movement has also attracted immigrants and minorities, some of whose activities are regularly publicized in San Francisco's "War Times," a bilingual publication circulated nationwide.
Right now, most Bay Area peace groups are busy preparing for the National Marches on Washington and San Francisco that will take place on Jan. 18.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/13/ED102303.DTL   (572 words)

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