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UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel has announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Coicaud as head of the UNU Office at the United Nations in New York.
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Jean-Marc Coicaud |
Dr. Coicaud was Senior Academic Officer in the Peace and Governance Programme at UNU in Tokyo from 1996 to 2003 and was named acting head of the New York office last September.
Before joining UNU, he served in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General as a speechwriter for Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1992-1996).
A former Fellow at Harvard University (Center for International Affairs, Department of Philosophy and Harvard Law School, from 1986 to1992), Coicaud has held appointments as Cultural Attaché with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legislative Aide with the European Parliament (Financial Committee), Associate Professor at the University of Paris, and Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris.
He has also taught at the New School for Social Research (New York) and has been a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (Washington, D.C.). Dr. Coicaud holds a Ph.D. in political science-law from the Sorbonne and a Doctorat d'Etat in philosophy from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris.
He is the author and co-author of several books on international law
and human rights.
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