Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.15

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Dick Thornburgh Papers, Series XV. Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Creator
Thornburgh, Dick
Collection Number
AIS.1998.30.15
Extent
23.75 Linear Feet
Date
1992-1993
Abstract
Dick Thornburgh had rejoined Kirkpatrick and Lockhart following his unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate. When President Bush called on February 3, 1992, asking him to serve as Under-Secretary-General for Administration at the United Nations, he agreed to stay for a year, as a point person on reform. A year later, February 26, 1993, Thornburgh's so-called "Thornburgh Report" was delivered to the Secretary-General, a major component of which was creation of an inspector general position to address fraud and abuse. Included here are documents about the United Nations, its budget processes, peacekeeping efforts, administrative organization, and economic and social development programs. Thornburgh made four trips abroad and each is well documented. Of particular note is the trip to the Vatican Conference on Religion and Disability in 1992. Regarding Thornburgh's final report, there are drafts and background material for all issues, as well as the final report itself that outlines both problems and suggested solutions. The files are in the following nine sections: Speeches; Under-Secretary-General Thornburgh's Files; Memoranda and Correspondence; Financial Restructuring and Peacekeeping; Events and Schedules; Foreign Trips; News Clippings; Country Files; and ongoing UN materials. Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.
Language
English .
Subtitle
Series XV. Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1992-1993
Author
Nancy Watson
Sponsor
This finding aid is available on line as result of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grant to the University of Pittsburgh and with collaboration of the Archives Service Center and the Digital Research Library.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dick Thornburgh, February 27, 1998.

Previous Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Nancy Watson, Curator of the Thornburgh Papers, Holly Mengel, Project Archivist, and a team of graduate students. Processing was made possible by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2002.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Holly Mengel in 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 3608599

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)
    • United Nations -- Reform
    • World Committee on Disability
    • United Nations. Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management
    • Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    Personal Names

    • Thornburgh, Ginny (Judson)
    • Thornburgh, Dick

    Other Subjects

    • Personal papers
    • Government
    • Politics
    • Associations
    • Rule of law

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