Sir Brian Urquhart

Born 1919. Served the UN from 1946 to 1986. Former UN Under-Secretary-General with special responsibility for peacekeeping operations with engagement in the conflicts in Congo, Cyprus, Jammu, Kashmir and the Middle East. In the seventies also Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs.
From 1986 to 1996 scholar-in-residence, International Affairs program, The Ford Foundation in New York. He is the author of a biography of Dag Hammarskjold and on Ralph Bunche, his memoir book is "A Life in Peace and War," and he has written extensively on reforms of the UN in general and of peacekeeping in particular. See more detailed biography from the University of California.

Sir Brian became a TFF advisor in 1992
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Articles by Sir Brian Urquhart

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Brian Urquhart, September 20, 2011
Learning from Dag Hammarskjöld
At 92, Sir Brian is the oldest TFF Associate and a friend for more than 25 years. He is also the author of an authorittive study of Hammarskjöld. We are very very proud to have him on board!

All his articles in the New York Review of Books

World order and Mr. Bush

A Force Behind the U.N.

A UN fire brigade

A Life in War and Peace - Conversations

Sir Brian's articles in the New York Review of Books

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