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UN voices : the struggle for development and social justice / Thomas G. Weiss ... [and others].

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Van Pelt Library JZ4984.5 .U532 2005
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946-
Series:
United Nations intellectual history project.
United Nations intellectual history project
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United Nations--History.
United Nations.
United Nations--Interviews.
History.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
xx, 520 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2005]
Summary:
Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and 71 other UN professionals speak about international cooperation and the ideas that have shaped the accomplishments of the UN.
Contents:
Growing up
Formal education
Serendipity and international careers
From 1945 through the 1950s : hope held high
The 1960s : widening development avenues
The 1970s : creativity confronts geopolitics
The 1980s : development frustrated
The 1990s and the dawn of the twenty-first century : renaissance and reform?
A revolutionary idea : the international civil service
The power of ideas and people inside the UN
Blending outside intellectual energies
The legacy and future intellectual challenges.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-481) and index.
ISBN:
0253346428
0253217881
OCLC:
57432173

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