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1 September 2000
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY ON PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has appointed Ambassador Henrik Amneus of Sweden as her Special Envoy on persons deprived of liberty in connection with the Kosovo crisis in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).
In her reports to the Commission on Human Rights, the High Commissioner has underlined the seriousness of the problem of all persons deprived of liberty, including prisoners, detainees and missing persons in the FRY, regardless of ethnicity. The Special Envoy, appointed for an initial period of six months, will raise relevant issues with international, national and local authorities, parties and entities throughout the country. He will seek to facilitate communication among all parties and thereby contribute toward a reduction of tensions in Kosovo and elsewhere in the FRY. His main focus will be on addressing the nature of the problem and seeking comprehensive solutions, rather than intervening on individual cases. The work of the Special Envoy will be supportive of the mandates of the main international actors concerned with these issues, including the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights.
Ambassador Amneus has been working in the diplomatic service of Sweden since 1961. He served as Ambassador to Iraq and as Permanent Representative of Sweden to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. From 1981 to 1988 he was Minister at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He subsequently served as Ambassador for Human Rights based in Stockholm from 1991 to 1993. He is also experienced in the region of the former Yugoslavia. From August 1996 to February 1997, he was Chairman of the Joint Implementation Committee on Human Rights with UNTAES in Vukovar, Croatia, and he subsequently served as the Head of the OSCE Mission to the Republic of Croatia, based in Zagreb.
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1 September 2000
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY ON PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has appointed Ambassador Henrik Amneus of Sweden as her Special Envoy on persons deprived of liberty in connection with the Kosovo crisis in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).
In her reports to the Commission on Human Rights, the High Commissioner has underlined the seriousness of the problem of all persons deprived of liberty, including prisoners, detainees and missing persons in the FRY, regardless of ethnicity. The Special Envoy, appointed for an initial period of six months, will raise relevant issues with international, national and local authorities, parties and entities throughout the country. He will seek to facilitate communication among all parties and thereby contribute toward a reduction of tensions in Kosovo and elsewhere in the FRY. His main focus will be on addressing the nature of the problem and seeking comprehensive solutions, rather than intervening on individual cases. The work of the Special Envoy will be supportive of the mandates of the main international actors concerned with these issues, including the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights.
Ambassador Amneus has been working in the diplomatic service of Sweden since 1961. He served as Ambassador to Iraq and as Permanent Representative of Sweden to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. From 1981 to 1988 he was Minister at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He subsequently served as Ambassador for Human Rights based in Stockholm from 1991 to 1993. He is also experienced in the region of the former Yugoslavia. From August 1996 to February 1997, he was Chairman of the Joint Implementation Committee on Human Rights with UNTAES in Vukovar, Croatia, and he subsequently served as the Head of the OSCE Mission to the Republic of Croatia, based in Zagreb.
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