Letter of Valdés Rodriguez President of the Cuban Delegation to Dr. Luis Machado y Ortega President of the Second Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America

Request the inclusion into the Agenda of the Conference of the item "Turismo"

Letter of Alberto Baltra C. President of the Delegation of Chile to Dr. Luis Machado, Chairman of the Economic Commission for Latin America

Sugest introduce certain amendments in the Rules of Procedure, in order to make the work of the Commission more efficient

Caribbean Basin Plan or Iniciative: some comments, 30 March 1982. Summary and comments on the remarks by President Reagan about the Caribbean Basin Plan", 1 March 1982"

Resume y comenta la iniciativa o plan de ayuda del Presidente Reagan a los paises de la Cuenca del Caribe, presentado al Congreso de los Estados Unidos, como proyecto de ley. Comenta ademas el discurso pronunciado por el Presidente Reagan ante la Organizacion de Estados Americanos, en el que analizo los aspectos principales de dicho Plan.

From the Vice President for Library and Information Technology: Spring 2012

Param Bedi discusses technology adoption by students and its impact on teaching and learning.

René Sand (1877-1953) and His Contribution to International Social Work, IASSW-President 1946 – 1953

The extraordinary significance of the life and work of René Sand lies in his central position as a mediator, promoter and coordinator of social work on an increasingly international level during the interwar-period and it can hardly be overestimated. To approach the achievements of Sand’s life and work you have to work archaeologically as he does not seem to have left any traces in the literature on social history. In Germany, even within the field of social work his name is hardly known. His biographical sketch and his importance for the development of the profession of social work have fallen into oblivion. The situation is a little different in the French-speaking countries where a biography has been published (compare Anciaux 1988a, b, c) which contains a detailed record of Sand’s writings. Altogether this lack of interest is regrettable because it doesn’t consider that René Sand is exemplary and in some parts fundamental to the emergence of professional social work in the 1920s in Belgium and Europe. Professional social work was established by a consequent international orientation and an emancipation from neighbouring fields such as social medicine and hygiene. Therefore it is a rewarding task to draw attention to this pioneer of social work and make the public appreciate his work. I want to emphasize explicitly that in this portrait Sand’s achievements concerning social work will be the main focus, even if this is an inevitable reduction of his accomplishments in the field of medicine and social medicine.

Dr. Ralph Garber, Canada, President of IASSW 1988 - 1996

A fully revealing portrait of Ralph Garber would require a latter-day Boswell. As ordained, however, an attempt must be made to create a recognizable word picture. And it must give initial attention to the range of influences and factors in Ralph Garber's inheritance and environment that, throughout his life, he experienced, absorbed and utilized in his remarkably creative career.