E-Mail Exchange with Sir Brian Urquhart (2000): Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

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How did you get so involved in the UN at such a young age?

Jessie

I had always wanted to work for the League of Nations, and six years as a soldier in World War II only increased my wish to work for a world organization devoted to peace.

What UN organizations were you instrumental in creating or reforming?

Greer

I was one of the original small team which set up and directed peacekeeping operations. I was one of the three people who set up the International Atomic Energy Agency, and I have spent my declining years ceaselessly suggesting ways to reform the UN. With little or no success, I may add.

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