Oral history interview with Michael Zammit Cutajar, 2000
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- Name
- Zammit Cutajar, Michael (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Michael Zammit Cutajar, 2000
- Abstract
- Born in Malta (1940); Education: St. Edward's College and University of London (1959-62); Career: involvement in the Overseas Development Institute in Uganda (1963) and London (1965), work in United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, involvement with secretariat supporting UN climate change negotiations, UN Conference on the Human Environment and UNEP (1971-74), the International Foundati on for Development Alternatives, consultant to the UN Office for Emergency Operations in Africa and the Office for Special Political Affairs (1980s), executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1996-2002)
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Economic development projects; Climate change mitigation; Zammit Cutajar, Michael; International Foundation for Development Alternatives; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Organization); United Nations Office for Emergency Operations in Africa; United Nations. Office for Special Political Questions
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Note (Biographical)
- Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on April 26, 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
- 13685610
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-t8dv-3h76
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.