Mona Juul

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Mona Juul (2009)

Mona Juul (born April 10, 1959 in Steinkjer , Trøndelag ) is a Norwegian diplomat. She is the permanent representative of her country at the United Nations and has been President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2019 .

Origin and education

It comes from the central Norwegian town of Sparbu, which is now part of Steinkjer . She studied political science at the University of Oslo and graduated with an MA .

Career

The Oslo process

In the early 1990s, Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen played a key role in the so-called Oslo peace process , which eventually resulted in agreements on the Middle East conflict. The secret negotiations were essentially prepared and directed by Juul and her husband. On September 13, 1993, the first agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was signed in Washington, DC .

Juul and the rest of the moderation team concentrated on the conflict between Israel and the PLO, based on the understanding that a peace agreement can only be developed by the conflicting parties and that a mediator group can support this process primarily through favorable negotiation modalities.

In 2016, a play Oslo by the well-known New York playwright JT Rogers was staged on Broadway , in which the extraordinary role of the couple and their team was thematized, which several times saved the negotiation process from failure through the use of communication techniques such as back-channel.

Activity as an ambassador

In Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet from 2000 to 2001, Juul was State Secretary in the Norwegian Foreign Ministry as the representative of the social democratic labor party . From 2001 to 2004 she served as ambassador to Israel . From 2005, she was Deputy Director and Ambassador of the Norwegian Delegation to the United Nations in New York City. It caused a stir when a statement denying the then UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leadership qualities was leaked to the press. On September 1, 2014, she succeeded Kim Traavik as Ambassador to Great Britain .

Activity at the United Nations

On January 14, 2019, Juul succeeded Tore Hattrem as the permanent representative of Norway to the United Nations. On July 25, 2019, she replaced Inga Rhonda King as President of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations .

Awards

In 1994 she and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen received the Peer Gynt Prize from the Norwegian Parliament. In 1999, the couple received a special award from the Peres Center for Peace . Juul returned her prize money to the foundation in 2002 after it became known that she had withheld the prize money from the State Department and that the storting control committee had acted.

Private

Juul and her husband have two children, Emma and Edvard.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Brantley, Ben, "Review: A Byzantine Path to Middle East Peace in 'Oslo", " July 11, 2016, New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Jones, Chris, "'Argo' and the new play 'Oslo' are stories about heroes nobody knows," April 21, 2017, Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 6, 2017
  3. ↑ a b Interview by Charlie Rose with Terje Rød-Larsen, JT Rogers and Bartlett Sher in Charlie Rose: The Week, May 6, 2017 , Public Broadcasting System (PBS), accessed May 6, 2017
  4. ↑ a b "'Oslo' and the Drama in Diplomacy" , June 17, 2016, The New York Times.Retrieved May 6, 2017
  5. ↑ Patrick Worsnip: UN chief says welcomes criticism after Norway memo. In: Reuters. August 26, 2009, accessed November 10, 2019 .
  6. ^ Norway in the United Kingdom . Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  7. ^ President of ECOSOC . Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Juul, Mona. In: steinkjerleksikonet.no. Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Norwegian).
  9. ↑ Juul gir prispengene tilbake. In: NRK. May 24, 2002, accessed November 10, 2019 (Norwegian).
  10. ↑ Stortinget about UD om svar. In: NRK. May 13, 2002, accessed November 10, 2019 (Norwegian).
  11. ^ Line Fransson: Vår kvinne i Tel Aviv . Dagbladet Magasinet of September 14, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Juul, Mona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinkjer , Trøndelag