| | Studied at Universität München |
| | Degrees from Bryn Mawr College and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies/US |
| | International Career at the United Nations with postings in Thailand and Indonesia, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Dem. Repub of the Congo and at Headquarters New York |
| | Recent positions include: |
| 2004-2006 | Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management |
| 2006-2008 | Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs |
| 2008-2012 | Under-Secretary-General for Management |
| 2012-2004 | Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNMEE (Ethiopia-Eritrea) |
| 2012-2015 | High Representative for Disarmament Affairs |
| 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 |
| since 1991 | State Department career, Ambassador De Laurentis has served in a number of overseas posts including Havana, Bogota and the U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva as well as at the National Security Council |
| 2006-2007 | Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
| 2007-2010 | Minister Counselor and Security Council Coordinator, Political Affairs, U.S. Mission to the United Nations (USUN) |
| 2010-2011 | Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
| 2011-2014 | Ambassador, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs, USUN |
| 1970 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
| 1973 | M.A., Department of Political Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York |
| 1974 | M.Phil., Department of Political Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York |
| 1974-1998 | United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) |
| 1998-2001 | Founder and Executive Director, Center for the Study of International Organization, New York University School of Law, New York, and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton |
| 1999-2000 | Visiting Lecturer, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton |
| 2001 | PhD, Department of Political Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York |
| 2001-2010 | SIPA - School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York |
| 2003-2010 | Visiting Professor, Cycle Supéneuer de Relations Internationals, Sciences Po, Paris |
| 2007-2011 | IPI - International Peace Institute |
| 2008-2012 | United Nations Assistant Secretary-General; Special Adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon |
| 2012-2013 | Dean, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego |
| 2012-2014 | Professor (tenured), Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego |
| since 2015 | Sharkey Scholar, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey |
