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Dr.
Hans Blix was born in 1928 in Uppsala, Sweden. He studied at the
University of Uppsala; at Columbia University, where he was also a research
graduate; and at Cambridge University, where he received his Ph.D.
In
1959, he became Doctor of Laws at the Stockholm University, and in 1960, was
appointed Associate Professor in International Law.
He
has an Honorary Doctorate from Moscow State University (1987) and is a recipient
of the Henry de Wolf Smyth Award (Washington, DC, 1988).
From
1963 to 1976, Dr. Blix was Head of Department at the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs and served as Legal Adviser on International Law. In
1976, he became Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in
charge of international development cooperation. He was
appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in October 1978.
From
1961 until 1981, he was a member of Sweden's delegation to the United Nations
General Assembly; and from 1962 to 1978, a member of the Swedish delegation to
the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
He
served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1981
to 1997.
He has
written several books on subjects associated with international and
constitutional law and was a leader of the Liberal Campaign Committee in favour
of retention of the Swedish nuclear energy programme in the referendum in 1980.
Dr.
Blix was appointed to by the UN Secretary-General in January 2000 and took up
his duties on 1 March 2000. He is now the former Executive Chairman of
United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
.
Currently
Hans Blix is the Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
and Director-General Emeritus of the IAEA.
Hans
Blix is a Columnist for MaximsNews Network,
An Independent Voice from the United Nations.
Publisher's
Note: To read excerpts and to purchase Dr.
Blix’s book, see Disarming
Iraq.
MaximsNews Articles:
BAN
KI-MOON, HANS BLIX, AMB. VANDEN HEUVEL ADDRESS SUPPORTERS OF U.N.
HANS
BLIX ADDRESSES U.N. REPRESENTATIVES OF MOST VULNERABLE COUNTRIES
Dr.
HANS BLIX SPEAKS ON U.N. & DIPLOMACY AS PRESIDENT OF WORLD FEDERATION OF
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS
HANS
BLIX: FROM COLD WAR TO A COLD PEACE
WILL
THE U.S. ATTACK IRAN?
HANS
BLIX on BOLTON, KOFI & BAN
NORTH
KOREA'S NUCLEAR TEST
HANS
BLIX: CRISIS in MIDDLE EAST
HANS
BLIX: WHAT HAPPENED TO DISARMAMENT?
HANS
BLIX: IRAN at the U.N.
On
the Next U.N. Secretary General
Hans
Blix: Iran Nuclear Threat?
Did
They Lie?
The
UN and Arms Control
Weapons
of Mass Destruction, Challenges Ahead...
Weapons
of Mass Destruction, Terrorism, Global Security
Nuclear
Weapons and Terrorists
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earlier Contributions to MaximsNews Network...
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