Oral history interview with Francis Blanchard, 1999
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- Name
- Blanchard, Francis (Interviewee)
- Emmerij, Louis (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Francis Blanchard, 1999
- Abstract
- Born 1916 in Paris, France; education: law and politics at the University of Paris (IV); career: civil service in Morocco and Tunisia, 1940; assistant to Lucien Romier, member of Vichy government; involvement in Resistance activities; involvement in negotiation of return of Soviet soldiers; International Refugee Organization (IRO), 1947-1951; joining with International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, 1951; appointment to assistant director general, 1956; appointment to deputy director-general of ILO, 1968; director-general of ILO, 1974-1989; themes: ILO operations and awarding of Nobel Peace Prize, selection of new director-general; role of Wilfred Jenks; ILO incentive against poverty and poor working conditions; 1977 withdrawal of US from ILO; Cold War-era international relations; benefits and drawbacks of tripartism; ILO promotion of human rights; apartheid debate and withdrawal of South Africa from ILO; social clause; child labor; Solidarity labor movement in Poland; assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II; debate over international labor standards; relationships with World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF); approach to global economic inequality; conflict between international economic organizations and communist system; decline in influence of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); New International Economic Order; economic relations with China and Israel; departure from UN
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France; Nobel Prizes--History; Cold War; International relations; Labor laws and legislation, International; International economic relations; Income distribution; Apartheid--South Africa; Blanchard, Francis; International Labour Organisation Officials and employees; United Nations History; International Refugee Organization; United Nations. Economic and Social Council; International Monetary Fund; World Bank; NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1999
- Note (Biographical)
- Director-General, International Labour Organization
- Note
- Interviewed by Louis Emmerij on October 6, October 7, and October 8, 1999
- 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
- Catalog Record
- 13683214
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7vhe-kd30
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.