Yasushi Akashi, former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the former Yugoslavia and SRSG of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Part 2, November 28, 1997
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Interviewer was James S. Sutterlin. The interview was recorded in New York on November 28, 1997. Until he retired in 1997, Mr. Akashi was served as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the former Yugoslavia and SRSG of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) from 1992 to 95, following his assignment to the position of Under-Secretary-General (for public information, disarmament affairs and then humanitarian affairs) in 1979. He worked for the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN, first as a Counselor, a Minister and eventually an Ambassador from 1974 to 79. It was in 1957 that he began his career in the UN. His positions in the UN include Political Affairs Officer and President of the UN Employees' Union.