Christian Wenaweser (born 16 November 1963) is a

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diplomat. He is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations.

Education

Wenaweser was educated at the

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, the

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, and the

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Career

Since 2002, Wenaweser has been the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the

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. In this capacity, he has been particularly active in developing the

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(ICC) further. Within the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC, Wenaweser chaired the Special Working Group on the

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from 2003 and 2009. In 2007, he was elected to a three-year term as the president of the Assembly of States Parties. In this position, he succeeded Bruno Stagno Ugarte of

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. In December 2011, he was succeeded as the President of the Assembly by Tiina Intelmann. Between 2003 and 2005 Wenaweser also served as chairman of the ad hoc Committee on the Scope of Legal Protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel From 2004 until 2005, he was vice-chair of the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council Reform.

Other activities

* All Survivors Project, Member of the Board of Advisors * Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists, Member of the Honorary Advisory Council *

International Center for Transitional Justice The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization dedicated to pursuing accountability for mass atrocity and human rights abuse through transitional justice mechanisms. ICTJ officially open ...

(ICTJ), Member of the Advisory Board *

International Gender Champions International Gender Champions (IGC) is a network of female and male leaders of member states, international organizations, and civil society working for gender equality. It is an initiative of Women@TheTable, and was founded in 2015 by Caitlin Kr ...

(IGC), Member *

International Peace Institute The International Peace Institute (IPI, formerly the International Peace Academy) is an independent non-profit think tank founded in 1970 based in New York. The institute has a regional office in the Middle East ( Manama, Bahrain) and had a regi ...

(IPI), Member of the International Advisory CouncilInternational Advisory Council

(IPI).

References

External links

Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, New York
* Liechtenstein diplomats University of Zurich alumni Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Presidents of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court Permanent representatives of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Living people 1963 births {{Liechtenstein-bio-stub