02646nam 22005654a 450 991078467930332120230617001319.097866120724061-282-07240-40-253-11058-0(CKB)1000000000362369(EBL)267714(OCoLC)475993089(SSID)ssj0000351152(PQKBManifestationID)11275814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000351152(PQKBWorkID)10356136(PQKB)10652203(MiAaPQ)EBC267714(OCoLC)71146193(MdBmJHUP)muse16540(Au-PeEL)EBL267714(CaPaEBR)ebr10132006(CaONFJC)MIL207240(EXLCZ)99100000000036236920050110d2005 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrUN voices[electronic resource] the struggle for development and social justice /Thomas G. Weiss ... [et al.]Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20051 online resource (545 p.)United Nations intellectual history projectIncludes index.0-253-21788-1 0-253-34642-8 Growing up -- Formal education -- Serendipity and international careers -- From 1945 through the 1950s : hope held high -- The 1960s : widening development avenues -- The 1970s : creativity confronts geopolitics -- The 1980s : development frustrated -- The 1990s and the dawn of the twenty-first century : renaissance and reform? -- A revolutionary idea : the international civil service -- The power of ideas and people inside the UN -- Blending outside intellectual energies -- The legacy and future intellectual challenges.""The authors have cajoled, intrigued, or reassured their 73 'voices' into telling a fascinating story of the UN and its institutions, which is also a story of 73 individual lives, of women and men... with their own complicated histories of emigration and education, family relationships and professional choices, hopes and successes."" -- from the Foreword by Emma Rothschild""Far from being a distant bureaucracy, the UN is composed of individuals who are reshaped by vital experiences. UN VoicesUnited Nations intellectual history project (Series)341.23/09Weiss Thomas George242072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784679303321UN voices3791807UNINA