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.