Oral history interview with Conor Cruise O'Brien, 2001
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- Name
- O'Brien, Conor Cruise, 1917-2008 (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Conor Cruise O'Brien, 2001
- Abstract
- Born in Ireland; worked in Irish civil service after graduating from Trinity College; permanent representative to the UN and head of the International Organizations Section of the Irish Government; 1961-1962: UN Security Council in Katanga on the behest of UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjöld; resigned from civil service and UN position to write United Nations: Sacred Drama book about UN and Kant aga; served as professor, politician, and government minister; against Northern Ireland joining the Republic of Ireland; supported Ireland joining the EC (European Commission); views UN speeches as performance
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Ambassadors--Ireland; Katanga (Congo); Northern Ireland Foreign relations Ireland; Africa Economic integration; O'Brien, Conor Cruise, 1917-2008; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations History; United Nations; European Economic Community
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2001
- Note (Biographical)
- Economist
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on October 4, 2001
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13684689
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-20m9-s921
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.