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EXPERTISE Geographic Areas West Africa South Asia Latin America Europe |
| Issues Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management Diplomacy Human Rights Constitutional Law International Law |
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Francesc Vendrell
Adjunct professor of International Relations
Former Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan; former Personal Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Special Mission for Afghanistan |
| Background and Education In a diplomatic career spanning forty years, thirty-four with the UN and over six with the EU, has been involved in mediating a variety of conflicts; EU special representative for Afghanistan; UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan, East Timor, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Central America; director of the Asia and Pacific Division at the UN Department of Political Affairs (1993-1999); director for Europe and Americas in the Office of the UN Secretary-General (1987-1992); appointed diplomat-in-residence and visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (2008-2009); lecturer of Constitutional Law, University of Papua New Guinea; director of studies, Hague Academy of International Law; adjunct professor, Yale University and Rutgers University Law Schools; M.A. in History from Cambridge University; LLB from King's College, London; Law degree from Barcelona University |
| Publications Author of a series of articles on Afghanistan |
| Awards and Affiliations Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG), United Kingdom; Order of Wazir Akhbar Khan, Afghanistan |
| Languages English Spanish Catalan French |
| Classes Conflict Mediation and Dispute Resolution |