Georges Kaeckenbeeck
Georges Sylvain François Charles Kaeckenbeeck (born May 30, 1892 in Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis , † March 6, 1973 in Territet ) was a Belgian lawyer and politician. From 1918 to 1920 he was an advisor in the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Until 1922 he was then a member of the legal department of the General Secretariat of the League of Nations . From 1922 to 1937 he was chairman of the German-Polish court of arbitration for Upper Silesia , and between 1937 and 1939 he was a professor at the Geneva University Institute for International Studies . From 1940 Kaeckenbeeck was an advisor to the Belgian government in exile under Hubert Pierlot in London. In 1945 he became Minister and Representative of Belgium to the United Nations . From 1949 to 1953 he was Secretary General of the International Ruhr Authority in Düsseldorf. In October 1955 Kaeckenbeeck became chairman of the steering committee of the Troops Treaty Conference in Bonn, which determined the legal framework for the stationing of NATO troops in Germany, see NATO troop statute .
Works
- La protection international des droits acquis, Paris: Libr. Du Rec.Sirey, 1937
- The international Experiment of Upper Silesia, London: Oxford University Press, 1942
Web links
- Literature by and about Georges Kaeckenbeeck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erpelding, Michel: Georges Kaeckenbeeck (1892–1973) (French, with picture).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaeckenbeeck, Georges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaeckenbeeck, Georges Sylvain François Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1973 |
| Place of death | Territet |