He was involved in setting up the Mekong Committee and served as its Executive agent from December 1969 until June 1980.
[1][2] He also worked for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
[3] Van der Oord was born in Haarlemmermeer in September 1919.
[4] He was elected a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969.
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