Oral history interview with Kurt Waldheim, 2000
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- Name
- Waldheim, Kurt (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Kurt Waldheim, 2000
- Abstract
- Early years: graduate of Diplomatic Academy in Vienna; Career: 1948 Secretary of the Austrian Assembly in Paris; 1952-1956 chief of personnel in the ministry; 1955 appointment as permanent observer to the United Nations; 1971-1981 UN Secretary-General; international relations professor at Georgetown; chairman and president of Interaction Council; Themes: influence of McCarthyism on UN; decolonizati on, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), and the UN; group 77; implementation of internal security protocols at the UN; mediations and negotiations in Middle East; election process as UN Secretary-General; interests of wealthy versus poor countries; power politics, idealism, and realism; The New International Economic Order; role and duties of a Secretary-General; Israeli attack on UN Naquora headquarters in Lebanon; media attack of UN; human rights, environment, habitat, and population as international concerns; UN's moral impact; growing power of non-governmental organizations (NGOs); lack of support for UN international civil service; UN peacekeeping operations; Chinese veto for third-term candidacy as secretary-general; accusations of war crimes and involvement in Nazi organizations; power of the US in international affairs; emergency military force; efficacy of the UN in military engagements
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Nonalignment; Decolonization; Anti-communist movements--United States; Conflict management--International cooperation.--Middle East; International economic relations; Non-governmental organizations; Human rights--International cooperation; Waldheim, Kurt; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations History; United Nations. Secretary-General; United Nations Armed Forces; Group of 77; Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-aligned Countries
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Note (Biographical)
- UN Secretary-General (1971-1981); Austria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Austria's Foreign Minister to the United Nations
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on November 20, 2000
- 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
- 13685587
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-a3pj-0f77
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.