Robert H. Serry
Robert H. Serry (born c. 1950 in Calcutta), is a Dutch diplomat who currently serves as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.
A career diplomat, Serry has served in a variety of diplomatic positions for his country’s foreign service. He was the Dutch ambassador to Ireland and has served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Crisis Management and Operations at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He has been posted to Moscow and New York (United Nations), and was the first Dutch ambassador to Kiev, Ukraine.
While in the Netherlands, he led the Middle East Division of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He participated in the events leading to the Madrid Middle East Peace Conference of 1991.
He obtained his degree in political science from the University of Amsterdam.
Serry is married and has three children.
Following his Ukrainian posting Serry wrote a book about his experiences as an ambassador there, titled Standplaats Kiev,[1] available in the Dutch and Ukrainian languages.
References
Robert Serry on BBC HardTalk: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8055568.stm SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ROBERT H. SERRY OF NETHERLANDS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sga1111.doc.htm Secretary-General names Robert Serry of the Netherlands as Middle East envoy: UN.org http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24847&Cr=middle&Cr1=east
- ↑ Serry, Robert. Standplaats Kiev. Nederlands eerste ambassadeur in Oekraine. Podium. 1997, 1e druk.
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