Bunche, Ralph

Bunche, Ralph
(1904–71)
   US Nobel laureate, 1950. The grandson of an American Negro slave, Bunche was the senior US official in the United Nations Secretariat. After the murder of Count BERNADOTTE in 1948, Bunche carried on as acting Palestine mediator. He presided over the negotiations that produced the 1949 Israel - Arab armistice agreements and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
   As UN under secretary for special political affairs from 1954 to 1967, he continued to supervise UN peace-keeping in the Middle East: the armistice machinery, United Nations Emergency Force, stationed on the Israel-Egyptian border after the Sinai Campaign, and the UN forces in Cyprus. Bunche was one of the authors of The American Dilemma (1944), a study of the Negro problem.

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  • Bunche, Ralph (Johnson) — (7 ago. 1904, Detroit, Mich., EE.UU.–9 dic. 1971, Nueva York, N.Y.). Diplomático estadounidense. Obtuvo varios grados académicos en la Universidad de Harvard y desde 1928 fue profesor en la Universidad de Howard. Estudió política colonial en… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Bunche, Ralph (Johnson) — born Aug. 7, 1904, Detroit, Mich., U.S. died Dec. 9, 1971, New York, N.Y. U.S. diplomat. He earned graduate degrees at Harvard University and taught at Howard University from 1928. After studying colonial policy in Africa, he collaborated with… …   Universalium

  • Bunche, Ralph J. — ► (1904 71) Abogado, sociólogo y político estadounidense. Fue premio Nobel de la Paz en 1950 …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Ralph Bunche — at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Born August 7, 1903(1903 08 07) Detroit, Michigan …   Wikipedia

  • Bunche — Ralph J. Bunche Ralph Johnson Bunche (* 7. August 1904 in Detroit, Michigan, USA; † 9. Dezember 1971 in New York, N.Y.) war ein US amerikanischer Diplomat und Bürgerrechtler. Er erhielt den Spingarn Prize durch den …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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