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Known as the International Peace Academy until early 2008, the International Peace Institute was founded by a group of individuals from both within and outside of the United Nations who believed that a thoroughly independent institution, free from official constraints, could make a unique contribution to multilateral efforts to prevent and settle armed conflicts around the world.


 

The Board of Directors

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Honorary Chair
Secretary-General of the United Nations

Dr. Rita E. Hauser, Esquire
Chair of the IPI Board of Directors
President of the Hauser Foundation

Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen
President
International Peace Institute

Mr. Richard P. Brown, Jr.
Counsel
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Professor Michael W. Doyle
Harold Brown Professor of International Affairs,
Law & Political Science, Columbia University

Mr. Whitney MacMillan
Chairman Emeritus
Cargill, Inc.

Ms. Ann Phillips
Member of the Board of the World Policy Institute
Member of the Advisory Board of the Council on Global Initiatives of the New School

Mr. Richard L. Plepler
HBO Co-President

Mr. James P. Rubin
Counselor to the Governor of New York State

Mrs. Brigitte Wertheimer
President, Project Peace by Tourism

Mr. Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Secretary and Treasurer
Chairman of the Board of Boston Properties
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, US News & World Report

The Vienna Advisory Council

H.H. Prince Mansour Bin Khalid Al-Saud
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Austria

H.E. Mohamad Hamad Omran Alshamsi
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Austria

H.E. Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Former Secretary-General
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE)

H.E. Torben Brylle
Ambassador of Denmark to Austria

Dr. Erhard Busek
Former Vice Chancellor of Austria
President of Forum Alpbach

H.E. William C. Eacho III
Ambassador of the United States of America to Austria

H.E. Yuri Viktorovich Fedotov
Director General of UNOV in Vienna
Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime

H.E. Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Former European Commissioner for External Relations
and European Neighbourhood

H.E. Thomas Greminger
Ambassador of Switzerland to Austria

H.E. Jean Marc Hoscheit
Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Netherlands

H.E. Yerzhan Kh. Kazykhanov
Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan

H.S.H. Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein
Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Austria

H.E. Richard Kühnel
Head of Representation
European Commission in Austria

H.E. Dr. Johannes Kyrle
Secretary General
Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs

H.E. Mr. Nils Gustaw Daag
Ambassador of Sweden to Austria

H.E. Eva Nowotny
President of the Austrian UNESCO Commission
Former Austrian Ambassador to the United States

H.E. Jan Petersen
Ambassador of Norway to Austria

H.E. Marjatta Rasi
Ambassador of Finland to Austria

H.E. Mr. Kandeh Yumkella
Director General
United Nations Industrial Development Organization

The International Advisory Council

H.R.H. Prince Turki Al-Faisal
Chairman
The King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies

H.R.H. Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the UN

H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates

H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, State of Qatar

H.E. Mr. Enrique Berruga
Vice President
Grupo Modelo, Mexico

H.E. Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Former Secretary-General
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN

Mr. Koen Davidse
Director, Peacebuilding and Stabilisation Unit
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

Professor Ibrahim Gambari
Joint Special Representative
UNAMID

H.E. Mr. Claude Heller
Ambassador of Mexico to Japan

H. E. Ms. Sylvie Lucas
Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the UN

H.E. Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the UN

The Honorable Olara A. Otunnu
Former Under-Secretary-General and Sepcial Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
President of LBL Foundation for Children

Mr. Geir O. Pedersen
Director General, Department for UN, Peace & Humanitarian Affairs
Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

H.E. Marjatta Rasi
Ambassador of Finland to Austria

Professor Ghassan Salamé
Professor of International Relations at Sciences-Po, Paris
Joint Professor at Columbia University

H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur
Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN

Sir Brian E. Urquhart
Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs

H.E. Mr. Jarmo Viinanen
Permanent Representative of Finland to the UN

H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser
Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the UN




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