Wolfgang Schüssel, 1996
Meeting “on the go” with Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schüssel during the UN General Assembly, between UN Headquarters and the Austrian Permanent Mission to the UN, in September 1996.
Jadranko Prlić, 1997
With Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlić at the Susret Exhibition in New York, 1997. The Austrian project Art Textil Manufaktur – Verein Susret trained displaced Bosnian women in textile work and displayed their artful work in New York and many other places.
Lionel Hampton, 1998
The personal encounter with jazz legend Lionel Hampton in New York in 1998 was a real highlight.
Michael Häupl, Mayor of Vienna, 1998
Vienna Mayor Michael Häupl, guest of honor at a reception at the Austrian Consulate General in spring 1998.
Austrians living abroad cast their vote in 1995
Right to vote for Austrians abroad: 7’000 Austrians in the New York and New England area were allowed to cast their vote for the Austrian Parliamentary elections in December 1995.
Inauguration of Bill Clinton, 1997
The second inauguration of Bill Clinton as President of the United States in Washington, DC, on January 20, 1997 was an unforgettable event, mainly thanks to a handshake with the charismatic Bill Clinton.
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Benita Ferrero-Waldner, 1995
Gerlinde Manz-Christ provides discreet and competent advice. Here for Benita Ferrero-Waldner, subsequently Austrian Foreign Minister and EU Commissioner for External Relations, in New York, June 1995.
In the heart of New York City, 1994
Workplace Austrian Consulate General in mid-town New York, September 1994. A year later the offices of the Consulate General were moved to the elegant Upper East Side.
Minister for Economic Affairs Wolfgang Schüssel, 1994
In May 1994, Wolfgang Schüssel, at the time Minister for Economic Affairs, paid an official visit to New York.
Foreign Minister Alois Mock, 1994
The UN General Assembly in September is always a hectic and exciting period of time, when the whole world meets in New York. Short moments of relaxation are rare. Here with Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Alois Mock and Ambassador Ernst Sucharipa (September 1994).
Foreign Minister Alois Mock, 1994
The UN General Assembly in September is always a hectic and exciting period of time, when the whole world meets in New York. Short moments of relaxation are rare. Here with Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Alois Mock and Ambassador Ernst Sucharipa (September 1994).
My first mobile phone, 1994
As spokesperson for Austria in New York, Gerlinde Manz-Christ took advantage of the blessings of the first mobile phone at any place at any time. Her colleagues joked that she must have been born with a Motorola glued to her ear.
UN Chief of Protocol Benita Ferrero-Waldner, 1994
With Benita Ferrero-Waldner, then Chief of Protocol at the UN, in New York, 1994.
Frank Stronach, 1996
At a typical Charity event in the Rainbow Room in New York in January 1996, with Austro-Canadian Frank Stronach, founder of Magna International Inc., one of the largest automobile parts manufacturer in North America.
Simon Wiesenthal, 1995
The encounter with Simon Wiesenthal in November 1995 was very moving. His declared life goal was the “search for justice for the death of millions of innocent people”. To this end, he wanted to hold accountable those people who had contributed to the “final solution of the Jewish question”, since from an early time he rejected the theory of collective guilt. As Holocaust witness and survivor he warned against forgetting the Shoah which, in his opinion, had not begun with mass murder and gas chambers, but with the dismantlement of democracy and human rights.
George Soros, 1995
George Soros was a guest of honor at a reception at the Austrian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, 1995.
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, 2002
Encounter with Rabbi Arthur Schneier on the occasion of the official visit of Liechtenstein’s Prime Minister Otmar Hasler to New York in May 2002, in order to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Rabbi Schneier is the spiritual leader of the Park East Synagogue in New York. He is a Holocaust survivor and internationally recognized for his untiring efforts towards tolerance, freedom of belief, and human rights.
Judge Helmut Türk, 1997
With Ambassador Helmut Türk, Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), New York, 1997.
