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Jean-Marie Guéhenno (born 30 October 1949 in Paris) is a former French diplomat. He served as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Guéhenno was appointed to the position in 2000 and retired in August 2008. He is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the NYU Center on International Cooperation.^[1]

Biography

Before working at the United Nations, Guéhenno was a member of the Cour des Comptes in Paris. He has also worked in international relations and diplomacy, directing the CAP from 1989 to 1993, chairing the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale from 1998 to 2000 and working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France before he joined the UN.

Guéhenno is a Knight of the Légion d'honneur and Commander of the Bundesverdienstkreuz. He attended the École Normale Supérieure, before going to the École Normale d'Administration. He is married and has one daughter.

Bibliography

• La fin de la démocratie ("End of democracy") Paris, Flammarion, 1993 ; re-edited by Champs in 1999, ISBN 2-08-081322-6
• L'avenir de la liberté - La démocratie dans la mondialisation ("Future of Freedom - democracy with globalisation"), Paris, Flammarion, 1999, 222 pages, ISBN 2-08-211579-8
• Jocelyn Coulon, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Lucien Manokou, Catherine Délice, Guide du maintien de la paix, Paris, Athéna éditions, 2006, 294 pages, ISBN 2-922865-37-1

References

1. ^ http://www.cic.nyu.edu

External links

• Biography of Jean-Marie Guéhenno, web site of the United Nations
• Jean-Marie Guéhenno: "An International Force Can Never Impose Peace", Interview by Philippe Bolopion by Le Monde, translated into English band hosted by the Global Policy Forum.