doi:10.7916/d8-z8yg-5e04Oral history interview with Gert Rosenthal, 2001Rosenthal, Gertoral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalForeign ministers--GuatemalaWomen--Government policy--Latin AmericaWomen--Government policy--Caribbean AreaEnvironmental policy--Latin AmericaSocial justice--Economic aspects--Latin AmericaCentral America Economic integrationLatin America Economic policyRosenthal, GertUnited Nations Officials and employeesUnited Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanUnited Nations HistoryPermanent Secretariat of the General Treaty for Central American Economic IntegrationGroup of 77Early years: born in Amsterdam, raised in Guatemala; undergraduate and graduate studies in development economics at University California Berkley; Career: first job in Guatemala's Ministry of Planning; head of an economic integration research project in Central America thru UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); job with the Central American Common Market secretariat, Secretaría Permanente del Tratado General de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA); 1974 director of Mexico office for UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); 1988-97 Executive secretary of ECLAC; 1999-2004 Guatemala's permanent representative to the UN; 2006 Guatemala's foreign minister; Themes: Central American economic integration and industrialization; development and the public sector; admiration for Raúl Prebisch, UNCTAD Secretary-General; import substitution; ECLAC secretariat reformist and nationalist in Chile; "Group of High-Level Experts" commission; G-77 militancy and North-South tensions; Chile's influence on ECLAC secretariat; US opposition to ECLAC formation; ECLAC's focus on the environment and development; gender equality and social justice; academia and the UN; lack of accountability and poor intergovernmental structure at the UN; UN bilateral and multilateral experience; efficacy of past and current Secretary Generals