Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Klaus Sahlgren, 2002
Creator: | Sahlgren, Klaus A. | Project: | United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP). (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteExecutive secretary of the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations (1975-1983) and executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (1983-1986)
Scope and ContentsBackground and childhood: born in 1928 in Finland in upper-middle class bilingual family; education: Åbo Akademi, economics, Officers' College of Marine Warfare; career: Finnish foreign ministry, permanent representative of Finland to the United Nations [UN] and international organizations, chair of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [GATT] council, chair of European Free Trade Association [EFTA] council, 1961, executive secretary of the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations, 1975-83, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe [ECE], 1983-86 ; themes: father's death at war as inspiration to join foreign service, recollections of the Cultural Revolution, work with transnationals, ECE involvement, opinions on UN and European Union [EU] structure, colleague reminiscences
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2003
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