Robert Serry
Robert H. Serry (* 1950 in Calcutta ) is a Dutch diplomat and former ambassador to Ireland and Ukraine .
Life
Serry studied political science at the University of Amsterdam and then worked as a diplomat in Bangkok , Moscow and New York (at the United Nations ).
From 1986 to 1992 he headed the 'Midden-Oosten' department in the Dutch Foreign Ministry (at that time the cabinet ruled under Ruud Lubbers , see also the list of Dutch foreign ministers ). Together with Max van der Stoel , Serry operated "quiet diplomacy" between Israel and the Palestinians. In 1991, when he was part of the rolling Dutch Presidency of the EU, he was involved in developments that led to the Madrid Conference in November 1991 .
After the collapse of the Soviet Union , he was the first Dutch ambassador to Ukraine from 1992 to 1996 and worked as a crisis manager at NATO from 1996 to 2005 . Serry ran on the list of the Dutch Partij van de Arbeid in the Dutch parliamentary elections in November 2006 at number 48; but the list did not move to this place.
On November 29, 2007, Serry became the new UN envoy for the Middle East. He is Senior Adviser to General Secretary Ban Ki-moon . He also represents the UN in the Middle East Quartet (EU, USA, Russia and UN), which is supposed to promote peace in this region.
At Easter 2014 Serry campaigned for the rights of Christian Palestinians. The Israeli foreign ministry then accused him of "poor judgment".
On March 1, 2014, the UN announced that Serry had ended a trip to Ukraine with no results. On March 4, 2014, he arrived there again. During a visit to the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea on March 5, 2014, he was threatened by pro-Russian gunmen and forced to return to his hotel, said UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson .
literature
- Standplaats Kiev: Nederlands eerste ambassadeur in Oekraïne (1997). ISBN 9057590212 .
Footnotes
- ^ Secretary-General names Robert Serry of the Netherlands as Middle East envoy 29 Nov. 2007
- ↑ Nearly one year after Annapolis, middle east peace process still at crossroads. - with no agreement on core issues, security council hears in monthly briefing ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.rundschau-online.de/politik/nahost-konflikt-gewalt-bei-osterfiere-in-jerusalem,15184890,26893152.html
- ↑ Note to correspondents: Statement by Mr. Robert Serry, Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General, at the end of his mission to Ukraine
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de March 5, 2014: UN special envoy Serry leaves the Crimea
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Serry, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Serry, Robert H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calcutta |