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Hill, William Martin
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Hill, William Martin, born in 1905, Ireland.
He began working for the League of Nations Secretariat on 03 October 1927.
He was the author or co-author of many League of Nations and United Nations books and documents.
Career:
- member of the Economic and Financial Section 1927-34 and 1939-45;
- personal assistant to Under Secretary-General Walters 1934-39;
- Secretary to the Bruce Committee in 1939;
- member of the Secretariat at Princeton;
- under-Secretary-General of inter-agencies affairs;
- Director and consultant at UNITAR;
- representative of WIPO to the United Nations Headquarters in New York (his last post).
He actively participated in:
- the San Francisco Conference in 1945;
- the transfer of the League of Nations assets and powers to the United Nations;
- the United Nations first achievements in London;
- the repatriation of Greek children and other refugees at the end of the war;
- the founding of the United Nations University;
- the founding of the World Tourism Organization, for which he played a key role.
He wrote a certain number of books on the immunities and privileges of League of Nations officials, the economic and financial organization of the League of Nations, etc.