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

02/17/2008

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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 a…

Interview with Peter Schmitz, Chief of Staff, United Nations Mission in Haiti

02/17/2008

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For quite a long time, Haiti was known to be a chaotic country with lots of problems and a complete absence of government and governmental institutions. However, since the UN mission was set up, things have significantly improved, and we were curious to know more about what the UN has really done. So, during his short stay in the city of Calvin, Mr. Peter Schmitz, the Chief of Staff of the Mission in Haiti granted us an interview to tell…