Sören JESSEN-PETERSEN Chairman of the Stability Pact Steering Committee on Migration, Asylum and Regional Return matters in the Western Balkans, Geneva
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| Master of Law, Bachelor of Philosophy | |
| 1972-2001 | UNHCR |
| 1972-1977 | served with UNHCR in Africa (Zambia, Egypt and Ethiopia) |
| 1981-1982 | Chief of Secretariat of UNHCR's Executive Committee |
| 1983-1984 | Executive Secretary of the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa (ICARA II) |
| 1985 | Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Conference on Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Europe |
| 1986-1989 | opened the UNHCR Regional Office for Nordic Countries as High Commissioner's Regional Representative, Stockholm |
| 1989 | Special Advisor to the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and as a member of the Secretary-General's Task Force on the process leading to the independence of Namibia |
| 1990-1993 | Chef de Cabinet of the High Commissioner in UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva; main political and diplomatic adviser to the High Commissioner |
| 1993 | Chairman of UNHCR's Appointments, Promotions and Postings Board |
| 1992-1994 | Director of External Relations |
| 1995-1996 | the High Commissioner's Special Envoy to the former Yugoslavia, based in Sarajevo; responsible for developing the strategy and overseeing the implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement |
| 1994-1998 | Director of the UNHCR Liaison Office at the United Nations Headquarters, New York |
| 1998-2001 | Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva; 80 missions to Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe |
Publikationen
| Which future - The Global Refugee Situation | |
| Migration and the New Europe | |
| Sharing the Frontline and the Bach Hills |
Auszeichnungen
| Nobel Peace Prize, Office of UNHCR, 1981 |
