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ORGANIZER;CN="Nancy Goldfarb":MAILTO:ngoldf@law.columbia.edu
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SUMMARY:THE CENTER ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Fall 2012 Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to attend THE CENTER ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Fall 2012 Speaker Series \nCo-Chairs\: Professors Richard Gardner and Michael Doyle \nJAN ELIASSON, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, will be speaking on "Strengthening Peace, Development and Human Rights through the Rule of Law." \nShort biography\: \nOn 2 March 2012, Ambassador Jan Eliasson was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He took office as Deputy Secretary-General on 1 July 2012. \nAmbassador Eliasson was from 2007-2008 the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Darfur. Prior to this, Jan Eliasson served as President of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly. He was Sweden's Ambassador to the US from September 2000 until July 2005. In March 2006, Mr. Eliasson was appointed Foreign Minister of Sweden and served in this capacity until the elections in the fall of 2006. \nAmbassador Eliasson served from 1994 to 2000 as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, a key position in formulating and implementing Swedish foreign policy. He was Sweden's Ambassador to the UN in New York 1988-92, and also served as the Secretary-General's Personal Representative for Iran/Iraq. \nMr. Eliasson was the first UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and was involved in operations in Africa and the Balkans. He took initiatives on landmines, conflict prevention and humanitarian action. 1980-1986, Mr. Eliasson was part of the UN mediation missions in the war between Iran and Iraq, headed by former Prime Minister Olof Palme. In 1993-94 Mr. Eliasson served as mediator in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). He has been a Visiting Professor at Uppsala University and Gothenburg University in Sweden, lecturing on mediation, conflict resolution and UN reform. Ambassador Eliasson has had diplomatic postings in New York (twice) Paris, Bonn, Washington (twice) and Harare, where he opened the first Swedish Embassy in 1980. \nPrior to his appointment as Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson also served as Chair of Water Aid/Sweden and a member of the UN Secretary-General's Advocacy Group of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). \nMr. Eliasson graduated from the Swedish Naval Academy in 1962 and earned a Master's degree in Economics and Business Administration in 1965. He was born on 17 September 1940 in Goteborg, Sweden. He is married with 3 children. \nWe hope to see you there! \nCenter on Global Governance Website\: http\://web.law.columbia.edu/global-governance \nPlease send all general inquiries to cabber@law.columbia.edu
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