Andreas Brandstätter (1958–2006) was a German diplomat.

Education

He was born in

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, Germany, in 1958 and raised in

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, near Hamburg, Germany. Already as a high school student, he developed a strong interest in promoting intercultural understanding and working internationally. He spent a year in the US through

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(YFU), an intercultural exchange program. As an undergraduate, he studied at the

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(UCSB), through the Anglistenprogramm (program for English majors) of the

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(DAAD). He attended

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, Germany, from 1978 to 1983, majoring in English and Political Science, and graduating with his Staatsexamen degree in 1983. During that time, he also completed summer internships with the

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(UNDP). In 1983, he continued his studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, earning his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) in 1985.

Career

Over the following years, he worked for the United Nations Development Programme in several countries, holding posts as Junior Professional Officer (JPO) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Nairobi, Kenya. He also worked at the UN Headquarters in New York and the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2004 he was on assignment to the

United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (french: Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of the French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti that was in operation from 2004 t ...

(MINUSTAH), serving as Senior Child Protection Adviser. He passed away in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 7, 2006.

Work

His video-documentary (produced by MINUSTAH) The Lost Children of Cité Soleil describes the situation of children affected by the armed conflict in Cité Soleil. The documentary was included in the 10th United Nations Association Film Festival 2007 and features a short biography of Andreas.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandstatter, Andreas German diplomats 1958 births 2006 deaths German officials of the United Nations