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Interview with Patricia Lewis, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

She is a nuclear physicist and a specialist on arms — quite an unusual background for a woman many would say. She is a highly respected expert and can tell you all that you need to know about disarmament — either its technical or more “human” side. There is no doubt that Patricia Lewis likes her work, and she has this gift of making the most badly informed person become interested in the issue. At least, we came out…

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Interview with Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

On 2 July 2007, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Sergio de Queiroz Duarte of Brazil as the High Representative for Disarmament at the Under-Secretary-General level. Mr. Duarte is not a newcomer to diplomacy for he served for 48 years in the Brazilian Foreign Service before taking up his new position in the United Nations. He has a solid experience of disarmament issues to his credit, and we might mention in passing that he was…

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