Oral history interview with Johan Kaufmann, 1999
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- Name
- Kaufmann, Johan (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Johan Kaufmann, 1999
- Abstract
- Born 1918 in the Netherlands; Career: economic counselor, Netherlands representative to the UN, representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), visiting Scholar at Columbia University, Dutch Ambassador to Japan. Themes: Personal experience of the Holocaust, intellectual heritage of the Great Depression, impact of the Marshall Plan, General Agreements on Tariffs a nd Trade (GATT), effects of the Cold War on American and Dutch bilateral relations, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), work on the Institute for Social Development, role of Non-Governmental Organizations in negotiation, American position in the UN, Israeli-Egyptian dynamics, evolution of the UN over time, role of global conferences in intellectual development, introduction of ideas into the UN
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Ambassadors--Netherlands; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World politics--1933-1945; World politics--1945-1989; International agencies; Diplomacy; Non-governmental organizations; United States Relations Netherlands; Netherlands Relations United States; Kaufmann, Johan; United Nations Officials and employees; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; United Nations History; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1999
- Note (Biographical)
- Economic Counselor
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on November 11 and November 12, 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
- 13684410
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-hx9e-x835
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.