Jean-Marie Guéhenno
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Jean-Marie Guéhenno (born 20 October 1949 in Paris) is a French diplomat. He currently serves as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Guéhenno was appointed to the position in 2000.
Before working at the United Nations, Guéhenno was a member of the Cour des Comptes in Paris. He has also worked in international relations and diplomacy, chairing the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale since 1998 and working often with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France.
Guéhenno is Knight of the Légion d'honneur and Commander of the Bundesverdienstkreuz. He attended the École Normale Supérieure, before going to the École Normale d'Administration. He is married and has one daughter.
[edit] Bibliography
- La fin de la démocratie ("End of democracy") Paris, Flammarion, 1993 ; re-edited by Champs in 1999, ISBN 2-08081-322-6
- L'avenir de la liberté - La démocratie dans la mondialisation ("Future of Freedom - democracy with globalisation"), Paris, Flammarion, 1999, 222 pages, ISBN 2-08211-579-8
- Jocelyn Coulon, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Lucien Manokou, Catherine Délice, Guide du maintien de la paix, Paris, Athéna éditions, 2006, 294 pages, ISBN 2-9-22865-37-1
[edit] External links
- biography of Jean-Marie Guéhenno, web site of the United Nations
- Guéhenno discusses, Challenges in UN Peacekeeping Operations, at the Carnegie Council
- Jean-Marie Guéhenno: "An International Force Can Never Impose Peace", Interview by Philippe Bolopion by Le Monde, translated into English band hosted by the Global Policy Forum.
