Rolf Ekeus of Sweden takes up the post of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities; Van der Stoel appointed Personal Envoy of Chairman-in-Office
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Rolf Ekeus of Sweden takes up the post of OSCE High
Commissioner on National Minorities; Van der Stoel appointed Personal
Envoy of Chairman-in-Office
Rolf Ekeus of Sweden takes up the post of OSCE High Commissioner on
National Minorities
Latest news from the Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - http://www.osce.org
NEW MINORITY COMMISSIONER TAKES UP POST
http://www.osce.org/news/generate.php3?news_id=1853
High Commissioner on National Minorities Press Release
2 July 2001
THE HAGUE, 2 July 2001 (OSCE) -- Rolf Ekeus today took up the post of
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. His mandate is to
provide 'early warning' and, as appropriate, 'early action' at the
earliest possible stage in regard to tensions involving national
minority issues which, in his opinion, could develop into conflicts in
the OSCE area.
Ambassador Ekeus has a long and distinguished career in the Swedish
diplomatic service. During his forty years career he has served his
country in Bonn, Nairobi, New York, The Hague and, most recently, was
Swedish Ambassador to the United States.
Ambassador Ekeus was active in the Conference on Security and
Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) during the period of post-Communist
transition. He headed the Swedish delegation to the CSCE from 1988 to
1992 and played a key role in drafting the Charter of Paris for a New
Europe (1991).
Arms control and disarmament have been recurrent themes in Mr. Ekeus'
career. He is best known for his work as Executive Chairman of the
United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) where he led the
weapons inspectors between 1991 and 1997. Previously he was Permanent
Representative of Sweden to the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in
Geneva from 1983 to 1988 and Chairman of the CD's negotiations on the
Chemical Weapons Convention from 1984 to 1987. He is still an active
member of a number of advisory boards in the field of nuclear
disarmament and non-proliferation.
Recently Ambassador Ekeus has been preparing two reports for the
Swedish Government. The first is an analysis and assessment of
Sweden's security policy during the Cold War. The second concerns the
political and military handling of foreign submarine intrusions into
Swedish territorial waters from 1980 to the present.
Ambassador Ekeus is also the Chairman of the Governing Board of the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a position
that he will maintain.
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For further information please contact Walter Kemp, tel. (+31-70) 312
55 06, fax (+31-70) 363 59 10, e-mail [email protected].
Van der Stoel appointed Personal Envoy of Chairman-in-Office
Latest news from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE) - http://www.osce.org
VAN DER STOEL APPOINTED PERSONAL ENVOY OF CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE
Chairman-in-Office Press Release
29 June 2001
http://www.osce.org/news/generate.php3?news_id=1854
VIENNA, 29 June 2001 (OSCE) � The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE,
Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has appointed Max van der
Stoel as his Personal Envoy with the mandate "to facilitate a dialogue
and provide advice for a speedy solution of the current crisis in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia."
Mr. Van der Stoel concluded his activities as OSCE High Commissioner
on National Minorities this weekend. The appointment takes effect on 1
July 2001.
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For further information, please contact Josue Anselmo, OSCE
Spokesperson, mobile (+43) 664 325 3698, or the Press and Public
Information Section of the OSCE Secretariat, tel.: (+ 43-1) 514 36
180, or e-mail: [email protected]
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