While at the UN , Kurtzman was involved as a negotiator between India and the Union Carbide Corporation over the Bhopal disaster . With the Indian environmentalist , advocate and writer , Dr. Rashmi Mayur , Kurtzman met with senior officials at Union Carbide , including its chairman and CEO , Warren Anderson , and with U.S. and Indian government officials , with a proposal to have settlement funds for victims of the disaster administered by an independent council made up of well-known leaders from around the world . The funds were to be administered from Switzerland . The aim of the proposal was to insure funds would be dispensed to individuals impacted by the disaster in a timely way , and to protect against losses due to corruption . The proposal had support , but was never acted upon
Bhopal disaster
Bhopal disaster
Joel Kurtzman