Council on International and Public Affairs (CIPA) and Bhopal Resource Action Center Records ca. 1970-ca. 2005 (Bbulk 1980-2000).

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Council on International and Public Affairs (U.S.). Council on International and Public Affairs (CIPA) and Bhopal Resource Action Center Records ca. 1970-ca. 2005 (Bbulk 1980-2000).

Council on International and Public Affairs (CIPA) and Bhopal Resource Action Center Records ca. 1970-ca. 2005 (Bbulk 1980-2000).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/757687101

The Council on International and Public Affairs (CIPA) was founded in 1954 as a nonprofit human rights, education, research and publishing group, with an international outlook, and with a particular emphasis on corporate accountability and social responsibility, prompted in part by the Bhopal, India disaster occurred in 1984 at a Union Carbide Pesticide plant in which a leak of toxic gas killed some 8,000 people immediately, a like number in succeeding years, and caused thousands of permanent disabilities, ... The collection contains CIPA minutes, annual and financial reports, reports on various issues, topics, and files on CIPA projects and sponsored organizations, notably in relation to the Bhopal, India Union Carbide Industrial Accident, including records of the Bhopal Action Resource Center. Bhopal-related materials include reports, legal and government documents and clippings. There are also records of the Intermediate Technology Development Group, a development organization that advocates and promotes ...

36.5 linear feet (37 boxes)

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