| | Terje Rød-Larsen has been President of the International Peace Institute since January 2005. He serves concurrently as the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 (2004). He began his career as an academic, teaching sociology, political science, and philosophy at the Universities of Bergen and Oslo, before establishing the Fafo Institute for Applied Sciences in Oslo in 1981. As Director of Fafo, he initiated a research project into the living conditions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which led to a request by the PLO in 1992 that he help establish a secret channel for negotiations between the PLO and the Government of Israel. The subsequent talks between Israelis and Palestinians concluded with the Oslo Accords and the signing of the Declaration of Principles at the White House on September 13, 1993. |
| | In 1993, he was appointed Ambassador and Special Adviser for the Middle East Peace process to the Norwegian Foreign Minister. In mid-1994, he was appointed United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories at the rank of Under-Secretary-General. In 1996, he became Norwegian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and Cooperation, before re-joining the United Nations. From 1999 to December 2004, he served as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, holding the rank of Under-Secretary-General |
| 1971 | Master of Science, Nuclear Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai |
| 1974 | Ph.D., High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai |
| 1973 | Joined Indian Foreign Service |
| 1976-1977 | Served as Third Secretary/Second Secretary in Kuwait/Saudi Arabia |
| 1978-1981 | Under Secretary, Middle East desk, Ministry of External Affairs, covering at various stages countries from Iran, Iraq to North Africa |
| 1981-1982 | Fellow, Institute of Defence Studies & Analysis (IDSA), N. Delhi |
| 1982-1983 | Deputy Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with Nepal and Bhutan |
| 1983-1986 | First Secretary (Disarmament), Permanent Mission of India, Geneva |
| 1986-1989 | Counsellor, Embassy of India, Algiers |
| 1989-1991 | Director (United Nations Division) and Disarmament Head, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi |
| 1991-1994 | Joint Secretary (South & Disarmament), Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with ASEAN, Indo-China and South Pacific |
| 1994-2000 | Deputation to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna in External Relations & Policy Coordination Division |
| 2000 | Joint Secretary (Disarmament & International Security Affairs) |
| 2003 | Covering all disarmament issues, bilateral security dialogues and Dialogues on nuclear non-proliferation, export controls and defence Cooperation, regional security forums such as ARF, CICA and other ad hoc groupings |
| 2003-2004 | Additional Secretary (International Organisations), Ministry of External Affairs with previous charge expanded to include international organisations |
| 2004-2008 | Ambassador of India to Austria and Permanent Representative of India to International Organisations in Vienna |
| since 2008 | Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Kathmandu, Nepal |
| 1977 | Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.) |
| 1977-1978 | Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges |
| 1978 | Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague |
| 1979 | Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
| 1982-1986 | Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels |
| 1986-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Moscow |
| 1991-1993 | Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna |
| 1993-1995 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna |
| 1995-1999 | Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1996-1999 | Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels |
| 2002-2004 | Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans |
| 2003-2004 | Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna |
| 2003-2008 | Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 2008-2011 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
| 2009-2010 | Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009) |
| 2011 | Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York |
| 2011-2015 | Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York |
| since 2015 | Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels |
| | Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin |
