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• Jan Eliasson: Swedish and World Citizen

[Jan Eliasson] was nominated President of the United Nations General Assembly in November 2004 and formally and unanimously elected on June 13. The assignment commences with the U.N.'s 60th session on Sept. 1, 2005, and extends for one year. Eliasson's previous international posts include State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the U.N. He also served as Under Secretary General at the U.N., with responsibility for disaster relief and humanitarian affairs. (See "Memories -- and Lessons from Somalia" for more on Eliasson's time there.) To be elected America's Swede of the Year is to me a great honor after the last five years in Washington," Eliasson says. "And yet, [these years] have been my and my wife, Kerstin's, most rewarding during our entire professional lives...At th...

...since 2000, replaces Jean Ping of Gabon. He accepts the new job at a time of great challen... of the House of Sweden, the Embassy's new chancery building. The position of being the...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. XVIII Num. 13, Septembre 2005
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