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- catalog abstract "The collection consists of the personal library and business files of Peter S. Thacher dating from his career beginning in 1971 as the Deputy Director of the newly created United Nations Environment Programme, as Senior Counselor of World Resources Institute as well as work with other notable institution, organizations, events and activities. Topics relate to the formation, administrative operation and financial matters of the United Nations Enviornment Programme drawn from the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment; Development of public policy surrounding environmental events, societies, conferences, phenomenon, and organizations; Development of environment programs worldwide; Participation of the international community in policy development; Conference documents and ephemera; Participation of non-governmental organizations in the environment. Materials represented are meeting agendas and minutes; resumes; press releases; clippings; working papers on environmental topics; discussion papers; autographed notes; reprints; evaluations of programs; travel documents and schedules; memorandum of understanding; United Nations Environment Programme documents; official documents of other United Nations subsidiaries, United Nations Environment Programme subsidiaries and United Nations Economic and Social Council subsidiaries; correspondence between Peter S. Thacher and other corrrespondents; letters between other major figures relayed to Peter S. Thacher".
- catalog alternative "Peter S. Thacher Environment Collection. env".
- catalog contributor b12097169.
- catalog date "1957".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available (474 KB) http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:env00003".
- catalog description "He was a member of the Advisory Committee on Environment of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), the Board of Americans for the Universality of UNESCO, and the Board of review of the American Society of International Law, and was a member of the UC Committee of ICSU's Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) as well as a number of natural resource and environment groups. In 1987 he received UNEP's Global 500 board. He joined the World Resources Institute, a nonprofit, policy-research organization in Washington as Senior Counselor in the mid 1980s and served as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio, 1992).".
- catalog description "In 1983 he retired from the UN and Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya with the rank of UN Assistant Secretary-General. In 1985, the Government of Spain conferred on him the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Civil Merit in recognition of his role in creating the Mediterranean Action Plan in the mid 1970s. Since retiring from the UN in 1983 his work with NASA and UNEP led to the establishment GRID- the Global Resources Information Database. He also served in an advisory capacity to a variety of groups including the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), the US Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB), and the UN University (UNU).".
- catalog description "Materials represented are meeting agendas and minutes; resumes; press releases; clippings; working papers on environmental topics; discussion papers; autographed notes; reprints; evaluations of programs; travel documents and schedules; memorandum of understanding; United Nations Environment Programme documents; official documents of other United Nations subsidiaries, United Nations Environment Programme subsidiaries and United Nations Economic and Social Council subsidiaries; correspondence between Peter S. Thacher and other corrrespondents; letters between other major figures relayed to Peter S. Thacher".
- catalog description "Mr. [Peter S.] Thacher (1926-1999) was born in New York City, served in the US Navy during World War II attending Dartmouth College in the V-12 programe, and graduated from Yale in 1948. From 1948-1951 he was employed at the European Marshall Plan Headquarters in Paris, and thereafter served with the Deparment of Army in Washington, Korea and Japan. In 1956 he was assigned by the State Department to the US mission to the United Nations in New York where he served until 1971 as Counselor for Science and Technology, Arms Control, Outer Space and Seabeds. In 1971 he joined the UN as Program Director for the UN Conference on the Human Environment (June, 1972 Stockholm) and was in charge of UNEP's European office in Geneva until 1977 and then moved to the office in Nairobi which he directed for the next six years.".
- catalog description "Peter S. Thacher Environment Collection: part 2, 1957-1999, Environmental Science and Public Policy Archives, Harvard College.".
- catalog description "The collection consists of the personal library and business files of Peter S. Thacher dating from his career beginning in 1971 as the Deputy Director of the newly created United Nations Environment Programme, as Senior Counselor of World Resources Institute as well as work with other notable institution, organizations, events and activities.".
- catalog description "Topics relate to the formation, administrative operation and financial matters of the United Nations Enviornment Programme drawn from the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment; Development of public policy surrounding environmental events, societies, conferences, phenomenon, and organizations; Development of environment programs worldwide; Participation of the international community in policy development; Conference documents and ephemera; Participation of non-governmental organizations in the environment.".
- catalog description "Unpublished print copy of the finding aid is available at the Environmental Information Center.".
- catalog extent "58 boxes (24.2 linear ft.)".
- catalog issued "1957".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "Aspen Institute Italia.".
- catalog subject "Biodiversity.".
- catalog subject "Centre for Our Common Future.".
- catalog subject "Commission for the European Communities.".
- catalog subject "Desert conservation Law and legislation.".
- catalog subject "Desertification.".
- catalog subject "East-West Center.".
- catalog subject "Economic Development Foundation (Philippines)".
- catalog subject "Economic development environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "Environment and Natural Resources Group.".
- catalog subject "Environmental degradation.".
- catalog subject "Environmental impact analysis Law and legislation.".
- catalog subject "Environmental law Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "Environmental law.".
- catalog subject "Environmental monitoring Law and legislation.".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy.".
- catalog subject "Food and Agricuture Organization.".
- catalog subject "Global Environment Facility.".
- catalog subject "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.".
- catalog subject "International Atomic Energy Agency.".
- catalog subject "International Centre on Chemical Sciences.".
- catalog subject "International Chamber of Commerce.".
- catalog subject "International Council of Scientific Unions.".
- catalog subject "International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.".
- catalog subject "International Iron and Steel Institute.".
- catalog subject "International Nongovernmental Support Fund.".
- catalog subject "International Wilderness Leadership Foundation.".
- catalog subject "International economic relations.".
- catalog subject "International law.".
- catalog subject "Marine pollution.".
- catalog subject "Massachusetts Institute for Technology.".
- catalog subject "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.".
- catalog subject "Pollution law and legislation.".
- catalog subject "Renewable natural resources Law and legislation.".
- catalog subject "State and the environment.".
- catalog subject "Sustainable development Law and legislation.".
- catalog subject "Sustainable development.".
- catalog subject "Thacher, Peter S., 1926-1999.".
- catalog subject "Unesco.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Association.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Development Programme.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Economic and Social Council.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Environment Programme.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Population Fund.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Secretariat.".
- catalog subject "United Nations.".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress.".
- catalog subject "Vienna Institute for Development and Cooperation.".
- catalog subject "World Assembly of NGOs.".
- catalog subject "World Bank.".
- catalog subject "World Health Organization.".
- catalog subject "World Meteorological Organization.".
- catalog subject "World Resources Institute.".
- catalog subject "WorldCom 85.".
- catalog title "Environment collection: part 2, 1957-1999 and undated (inclusive), 1971-1984 (bulk).".
- catalog type "Annual reports. aat".
- catalog type "Clippings. aat".
- catalog type "Correspondence. aat".
- catalog type "Minutes. aat".
- catalog type "Press releases. aat".
- catalog type "Reports. aat".
- catalog type "Resumes. aat".
- catalog type "collection".