Dr. Herbert Kroell – Profile

• Download PDF: Fighting Insecurity and Inequity Through International Development Cooperation
  Herbert Kröll has always been deeply committed to issues of international development cooperation, aimed at promoting more justice, peace and human dignity. This commitment became clearly evident when he served for 3 years with the OECD and UNIDO; it continued throughout a prominent career with the Austrian Foreign Service, in several developing countries (Chargé d’Affaires in the Philippines, Ambassador to Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia, Israel and the Palestinian Authority), the European Union, and many UN conferences.
• Download PDF: Austria's Role in the Cambodia Conflict – an Indonesian Initiative
  "It is almost forgotten that, at the request of ASEAN and especially Indonesia, Austria in 1981 assumed an important role as a mediator in the attempt to resolve the Cambodia Conflict. The International Conference on Kampuchea (ICK) was convened in New York in July 1981 under the auspices of the Secretary General, Kurt Waldheim - a former Foreign Minister of Austria. Upon an initiative proposed by the 5 ASEAN countries, this Conference voted Willibald Pahr, then Austrian Foreign Minister, to become President of the ICK. Successive Austrian Foreign Ministers (Leopold Gratz, Alois Mock) fulfilled this task throughout a decade. Why Austria and not just Sweden, France or maybe Australia? At this stage, some events of the Cambodia Conflict and the ensuing political process ought to be recalled."
• Download PDF: Aspekte der Beziehungen ÖSTERREICH – ISRAEL
  Es freut mich besonders, daß ich zum Thema „Beziehungen Österreich – Israel“ in diesem illustren Kreis sprechen kann, wo einige Persönlichkeiten über manche Bereiche der österreichisch-israelischen Beziehungen viel mehr wissen als ich. Daher werde ich mich auf ein paar aktuelle Aspekte beschränken, die etwas zufällig ausgewählt erscheinen.
  
  Es freut mich ferner, daß so viele zu diesem Vortrag gekommen sind, obwohl wir große Konkurrenz haben: 2. Nationalratspräsident Heinz Fischer stellt soeben sein neues Buch über die jüngste Geschichte der österreichischen Innenpolitik vor, die oft Zusammenhänge mit unserem Thema aufweist.