Last updated on: 12/3/2014 | Author: ProCon.org

Peter Hansen, PhD Biography

Title:
Former United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General
Position:
None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Apr. 18, 2007

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Former United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Commissioner-General 1996-2005
  • Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, 1994
  • Executive Director of the Commission on Global Governance, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992-1994
  • Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Center on Transnational Corporations, 1985-1992
  • Joined the United Nations as Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning and Coordination, 1978
  • Advisor to the Foreign Ministry of Denmark and as Chairman of the United Nations Committee for Program and Coordination
  • Professor of Politics at Odense University, Denmark
  • Chairman of the Department of Political Science at Arhus University, Denmark
Education:
  • PhD, Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1966
  • MA, Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Other:
  • None found