Jan Eliasson – International Diplomat America

Interview with Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

12/05/2013

| Anglais/English/Inglés, International Diplomat

Q : Mr. Eliasson, you took up office almost a year ago as Deputy Secretary-General, at a time when the world is going through tremendous changes. What exactly are your main functions in the midst of all this movement ? I support the Secretary-General by coordinating the work of the UN Secretariat on a wide range of political, humanitarian and development work. That can mean anything from working on the latest challenges we face in Syria and Mali to ensuring that the…

Jan Eliasson, President of the General Assembly and a serving Minister of Foreign Affairs

03/05/2007

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| Anglais/English/Inglés, Contributing Writers, Geneva International

is one of the leading players of diplomacy and foreign relations. We may briefly say that he has served as the Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sweden’s Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, the Secretary-General’s Personal Representative on Iran/Iraq, Chairman of the UN General Assembly’s working group on emergency relief, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Chairman of the UN Trust Fund for South Africa. He was also appointed as the first United…