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Born in Oslo, [2] Pedersen is a cand.philol. by education and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985.. In 1993, Pedersen was a member of the Norwegian team to the Oslo negotiations, which led to the signing of the Declaration of Principles and mutual recognition between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel.
Geir Otto Pedersen (NOR), appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria on 31 October 2018; Amandeep Singh Gill (IND), appointed Acting Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Technology on March 10 June 2022 [3] Hanna Tetteh (GHA), appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa on 22 February 2022
Concrete movement on an inclusive political transition in Syria will be key in ensuring the country gets the economic support it needs, United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen told ...
He also held talks with UN envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen, and, for the first time since severing the British-Syrian relations, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy. [4] Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud emphasized the importance of lifting both unilateral and international sanctions imposed on Syria. He also welcomed the measures ...
U.N. special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, calls for urgent talks in Geneva to ensure 'orderly political transition' South Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over short-lived martial law; The DNC chair candidates discuss Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and winning Latino voters; More Political News Headlines
The U.N.'s Syria envoy urged an inclusive Syrian transition based on a nine-year-old Security Council resolution during a meeting with the commander of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa ...
U.N. Special Envoy Geir Pedersen said Syria is “riddled with armed actors, listed terrorist groups, foreign armies and front-lines” 13 years after President Bashar Assad’s crackdown on ...
In September 2019, Geir Otto Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria since 31 October 2018, [106] called for prisoner exchanges as a confidence-building measure between Syrian authorities, opposition groups and civil society groups to take place prior to a planned October 2019 constitution-drafting committee meeting in Geneva. The ...