Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Donald Mills, 2000.
| Creator: | Mills, Don, 1921- | Project: | United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP).
(see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 167 pages Sound recording 5 digital audio tapes | | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteJamaican Ambassador, Security Council president
Scope and ContentsBorn 1921 in central Jamaica. Education: secondary school at Jamaica College, studied economics at London School of Economics. Career: Jamaican civil service (War Information Office, Department of Statistics, head of Central Planning Agency), Executive Board of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jamaican ambassador to United Nations (UN), president of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), chairman of Group of 77, president of UN Security Council, Chairman of Commonwealth Foundation. Themes: colonial influence of Britain in Jamaica, decolonization movement, international development policy and strategy, role of small states in UN, regional cooperation movements, North-South hemisphere relationships, experience of working in international organizations, role of the United States (US) in the UN, ECOSOC, functions and effectiveness of UN organs, growth of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), G-77, UN economic policy, concern for environment, international conferences, influence of Cold War bipolar system on international relations, individual leadership in UN, impact of new ideas and new organizations on international relations, poverty and radicalism, international migrations and multiculturalism, apologies and reconciliation between countries
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2001
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