World Chronicle 923: Brian Urquhart, Thomas Weiss, James Jonah

Michael Littlejohns interviews Brian Urquhart (Ralph Bunche Biographer), Thomas Weiss (Director of Ralph Bunche), and James Jonah (Senior Fellow of Ralph Bunche Institute), for World Chronicle program 923.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:07
• Production Date: 20 November 2003
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BRIAN URQUHART; JAMES JONAH; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS; THOMAS GEORGE WEISS; RALPH BUNCHE
• Subject Topical: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CONGO; MIDDLE EAST
• MAMS Id: 2179264
• Parent Id: 824959

Description

"The UN & The Legacy of Ralph Bunche"

Ralph Bunche was a skilled negotiator, respected academic, civil rights leader and civil servant who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In the twentieth century, Bunche was a towering figure: a great American and a great internationalist. Has Ralph Bunche been forgotten by today's diplomats and students of international relations? What is his legacy? What meaning does it have for the United Nations - and the U.S. role in world affairs - today? In this special edition of World Chronicle, these questions are discussed with the help of Sir Brian Urquhart, author of the definitive biography of Ralph Bunche and a former head of UN peacekeeping; Prof. Thomas Weiss, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies; and James O.C. Jonah, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.

• Scripts: File; 923.pdf (41.85 KB)