In Memory of Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (4 May 2016) I first met Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1981 when I was a staff member of the UN Codification Division servicing the International Law Commission here in Geneva. I saw him coming to the Commission meetings with his two bodyguards. He had been known as an architect…… Continue reading Obituaries at ILC (Mr. Boutros Boutros-Gali)
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Obituaries at ILC (Mr. Chusei Yamada)
Tribute to the Memory of Ambassador Chusei Yamada (8 May 2013) [Ambassador Yamada was a Member of the ILC (1992 – 2009), its Chairman (2000), and Special Rapporteur on the topic of Shared Natural Resources (2001 – 2008).] I would like to begin with an episode from Ambassador Yamada’s boyhood. When the atomic bomb was…… Continue reading Obituaries at ILC (Mr. Chusei Yamada)
Obituaries at ILC (Prof. Choung Il Chee)
In memory of Professor Choung Il Chee (2012) I learned from Dr. Park yesterday of the sad departure of Professor Choung Il Chee, and I would like to offer my sympathy as a fellow Asian member of the Commission. I met him only a few times when he visited our international law society meetings in…… Continue reading Obituaries at ILC (Prof. Choung Il Chee)
Summaries of My Novels (1)
Waiting for a Shooting Star, (Nagareboshi wo Machinagara, Toshindo Publishing Co., Tokyo, 2005, by Ko Takimura (Shinya Murase), pp.1-184, in Japanese.) Main Characters: Yusuke Tajima, born in 1969. (The name Yusuke literally means “a brave man”). Yumi Tajima, born in 1972, Yusuke’s sister Tomokazu Ogata, born in 1969, Yusuke’s friend, who serves as the narrator…… Continue reading Summaries of My Novels (1)
Summaries of My Novels (2)
Putting Out the Light: A Profile of a Scholar, in Ko Takimura (Shinya Murase), Nagareboshi wo Machinagara, Toshindo Publishing Co., Tokyo, 2005, pp. 185-314, in Japanese. Main Characters Yuji Kiyama: born in 1943, a history professor Mariko Sano: born in 1955, a silk-dying-printing artist Jiro Muramatsu: Kiyama’s friend, a history professor, involved in UNESCO activities…… Continue reading Summaries of My Novels (2)
Environs of International Law 